“The extent of the injuries to civilians, children, the elderly was unprecedented,” Dr. Shlomi Codish, CEO of Soroka, told The Post. “In the first 18 hours, we saw 700 people and treated them under fire — literally. Bombs were falling around us and air raid sirens were going off.”

Working 36-hour shifts, the staff has seen the unimaginable.

“What human being shoots young women in their beds, in their sleep?” asked Codish. “We had a patient come in, wearing her pajamas after being shot in bed. What are they protecting against?

“A pregnant woman came in after being shot in her abdomen,” recalled Codish. “She survived but the baby did not — killed in a terror attack before being born.”

[The answer to the question is COWARDS. Hamas is no different than other terrorists — they target civilians because they can’t stand up to armed forces, and their political and religious beliefs are repellent. Terror is their only advantage, and Israel is busily negating it now. — Ed]