If you believe the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the answer is yes.
From Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid’s article for the Times Of Israel:
Israeli troops on Sunday advanced in the northern Gaza Strip, capturing an urban area near Beit Hanoun as fierce fighting continued around Shifa Hospital and Israel maintained it was working to ensure that civilians and patients were unharmed in the battles.
The Israel Defense Forces said it had supplied 300 liters of fuel to Shifa Hospital, in coordination with its staff, but that Hamas had prevented the embattled medical center from accepting it.
The event played out as fierce fighting continued around Shifa Hospital and Israel maintained it was working to ensure that civilians and patients were unharmed in the battles. The army has accused Hamas of having its main base of operations under Shifa Hospital, and has called on Palestinian civilians in the area, as well as in the entire north Gaza, to evacuate south.
The military published a call between an IDF officer and a senior Gazan health official, who said that Yousef Abu-Al Rish, the deputy health minister in Gaza, forbade the hospital from receiving the fuel. The IDF did not say what happened with the fuel after that.
If this is truly what happened – and hamas being hamas, it certainly is credible – then I think it is self-evident what happened with the fuel after that.
Simply (and sickeningly) stated, hamas is far more invested in using that fuel to kill Jews than it is to save the lives of hospitalized Gazan citizens.
Think of it as another reason (among the very, very many) that both sides – Israelis and Gazan citizens – will benefit if hamas is wiped out. May it happen ASAP.


