A hospital in Gaza has rejected an Israeli offer to provide fuel to allow its generators to keep running.
The Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, which is believed to sit on top of Hamas's HQ, is currently the site of a fierce battle between the IDF and Hamas militants as the Israeli ground offensive enters its second week.
According to the New York Times, Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry confirmed Israeli reports that an offer of hundreds of litres of fuel was made to hospital staff but said it was rejected as“Taking this fuel would give Israel credit for allowing fuel into Gaza.”
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told American news channel NBC that Israel was offering fuel to the Al Shifa hospital because "every dead baby is a tragedy" and that “Hamas prevented the hospital from receiving the fuel.”
