The spokesman for the US National Security Council, John Kirby, said that Washington has "unspecified" intelligence indicating that "Hamas" is using hospitals for military activities and hostage holding.

Kirby added that American intelligence indicates that "Hamas" has a command center in the Al-Shifa Hospital complex in the Gaza Strip," and that "President Joe Biden's administration does not want the hospital or the civilians sheltering there to be harmed."

He said: "We do not support airstrikes on the hospital, and we do not want to see a firefight in the hospital where innocent people, the disabled, and the sick are simply trying to get the medical care they deserve."

Al-Shifa Hospital has become a pivotal point in the war between Israel and "Hamas," turning into a refuge for thousands of displaced persons, while Israeli officials claimed it houses the Hamas command center and parts of the extensive tunnel network of the movement around Gaza. However, "Hamas" denied those allegations and held Israel and the United States fully responsible for the repercussions of storming the medical complex.

The Director General of Hospitals in Gaza, Mohammed Zaqout, confirmed that the Israeli army, which stormed the hospital complex at dawn on Wednesday, "did not find any evidence of the presence of the resistance."

The Israeli forces stormed the specialized surgeries building and the emergency department in the hospital and deployed their tanks in its courtyards.