.THE rules of battle give special protection to healthcare facilities. They lose that protection if they are actually utilized for "hazardous" acts. Israel has long asserted that al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, functions as an essential order center for Hamas, the team which killed or hijacked around 1,400 folks in Israel on Oct 7th. In the very early hours of Nov 15th, after a stressful six-day stand-off, participants of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force task force system, entered into one segment of the healthcare facility.