.THE legislations of war give exclusive protection to health centers. They drop that defense if they are actually used for "hazardous" acts. Israel has long stated that al-Shifa healthcare facility, the largest in the Gaza Strip, functions as a key demand centre for Hamas, the team which eliminated or hijacked around 1,400 people in Israel on Oct 7th. In the early hrs of Nov 15th, after a stressful six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force task force system, entered into one segment of the medical center.