| People keep repeating that Al-Shifa is not operational. That claim does not match current primary sources. 1) UNICEF (Feb 5, 2026) reports restoration of pediatric intensive care services at Al-Shifa, including 7 PICU beds equipped with ventilators, monitors, and oxygen.
https://www.unicef.org/sop/media/6131/file/Humanitarian%20Si... 2) OCHA (Dec 1, 2025) explicitly lists current service lines at Al-Shifa: 7-bed PICU, pediatric post-op inpatient care, hemodialysis, and emergency care.
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-humanitarian-response-s... 3) WHO (UN Geneva briefing, Dec 12, 2025) states Al-Shifa was working again as a partially functional tertiary care hospital with many services functional.
https://www.unognewsroom.org/story/en/2946/un-geneva-press-b... 4) ACAPS (Feb 5, 2026) says that by Jan 19 Al-Shifa was receiving around 500 patients daily.
https://www.acaps.org/fileadmin/Data_Product/Main_media/2026... Operational does not mean intact or well-supplied. It means treating patients and running services. The above sources show it is. |
Besides, whether the facility is (partially!) operational today is besides the point. Your original post insisted that "Israel has destroyed no hospitals", while it clearly has. The picture I linked is from 2024. The fact that Al-Shifa was brought back to a partially operating state in late 2025, after months of partial ceasefire, doesn't disprove that it was destroyed in 2024. Sources like https://en.yenisafak.com/world/al-shifa-hospital-begins-reco... show that the situation is far from positive.
And, again, this is just one example of the many.