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Using hospitals is not new.
#HamasisIsisIraq: In Mosul Battle, ISIS Used Hospital Base
Dragged, Hanged Government Soldiers’ Bodies
Iraq: In Mosul Battle, ISIS Used Hospital Base
As the battle for Mosul unfolds, we are finding that ISIS is regularly occupying medical facilities and placing civilians and staff there at risk of incoming attacks. ISIS fighters have also taken to advertising their abuses on the streets, as they did with the soldiers’ bodies.
PRESS RELEASE | Dec. 8, 2016
Coalition Strikes Mosul Hospital
CJTFOIRDecember 8, 2016
Release #20161208-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Dec. 6th, Iraqi Security Forces attempted to seize the Al Salem hospital complex from ISIL fighters in the heart of East Mosul. ISIL was using the hospital as a base of operations and command and control headquarters. After seizing the area, the ISF fought off several counterattacks and six VBIEDs the following day before retrograding a short distance, under heavy enemy fire, to strengthen their position.
On Dec. 7th, after Iraqi forces continued to receive heavy and sustained machine gun and rocket propelled grenade fire from ISIL fighters in a building on the hospital complex, they requested immediate support from the Coalition. In support of the Iraqi Security Forces, Coalition aircraft conducted a precision strike on the location to target enemy fighters firing on Iraqi forces.
The Coalition complies with the Law of Armed Conflict and takes all feasible precautions during the planning and execution of airstrikes to reduce the risk of harm to non-combatants. We will continue to strike ISIL military targets in support of our partners in order to defeat ISIL in Iraq.
Coalition Strikes Mosul Hospital
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Dec. 6th, Iraqi Security Forces attempted to seize the Al Salem hospital complex from ISIL fighters in the heart of East Mosul. ISIL was using the hospital as a base of operations
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