.THE regulations of war provide unique defense to health centers. They lose that defense if they are actually utilized for "hazardous" acts. Israel has long declared that al-Shifa hospital, the most extensive in the Gaza Bit, functions as a vital order center for Hamas, the group which eliminated or took hostage around 1,400 people in Israel on Oct 7th. In the early hrs of November 15th, after a stressful six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, a best Israeli air-force task force unit, entered into one part of the healthcare facility.