IDF enters Gaza hospital where staff and hundreds of displaced people are located. The Israeli military reported early Wednesday that its troops entered Gaza City's Al Shifa Hospital in an operation targeting Hamas forces. Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra said 1,500 medical staff members and about 7,000 displaced people are located inside the hospital. The move came after the Biden administration said for the first time that the U.S. Has information Hamas is concealing military operations and hiding hostages under hospitals. Both Hamas and Al Shifa hospital staff deny the allegations. Source 3q.