Gaza's hospitals under 'sustained, systematic assault': HRW

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Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera that "the Israeli government has put forward no evidence that would justify stripping hospitals of their special protections under international humanitarian law".

Even if Israel's justifications for attacking hospitals are taken at "face value", Shakir said "international humanitarian law only allows attacking hospitals if room is made for safe evacuation".

He added: "The reality here is there is no safe place to go in Gaza."