Balanced News: Main hospital in Gaza goes dark amid fighting in Israel-Hamas war

Israel’s largest hospital, Shifa Hospital in Gaza, has lost power and supplies amid intensifying fighting between Israel and Hamas. Doctors reported that five patients, including a premature baby, died after the hospital’s generator ran out of fuel. Israel has claimed that the hospital is being used as a command post by Hamas militants and that they are using civilians as human shields. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Hamas for any harm to civilians and accused them of preventing civilians from leaving combat zones. The US has been urging temporary pauses in the fighting to allow aid distribution to civilians in Gaza.