Hamas is using hospitals in Gaza as covers and have turned them into ammunition depots, according to a video of interrogation of “Hamas terrorists" released by Israel Security Agency Shin Bet, accessed exclusively by News18.
The Israeli military has claimed that those featuring in the video released on Saturday are Hamas terrorists, who participated in the October 7 attack on Israel.
“Most of the tunnels are hidden in hospitals. There are multiple underground levels. Al-Shifa Hospital is not small, it is a big place that can be used to hide things," a man is seen saying. “The Al-Shifa hospital has been made with many considerations as we knew that medical places won’t be attacked by the enemy. We keep equipment, explosives and other material in Shifa hospital," he adds.
According to the man, Hamas is only fuelling their vehicles and not allowing anyone to even go to Egypt.
AIRSTRIKE ON SUNDAY
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes early Sunday near the Shifa Hospital, the largest in Gaza.
The strikes came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a “second stage" in Israel’s war on Hamas, three weeks after Hamas launched a brutal incursion into Israel October 7. Tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza over the weekend in what officials described as a widening ground offensive as Israel pounded the territory from air, land and sea.
The Shifa Hospital is not only the largest hospital in Gaza but it also acts as the main headquarters for Hamas’ terrorist activity. Terrorism does not belong in a hospital and the IDF will operate to uncover any terrorist infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/Ybpln5xQb2
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 27, 2023
The bombardment — described by Gaza residents as the most intense of the war — knocked out most communications in the territory late Friday, largely cutting off the besieged enclave’s 2.3 million people from the world. Communications were restored to many people in Gaza early Sunday, according to local telecoms companies, Internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks.org and confirmation on the ground.
Residents said the latest airstrikes destroyed most of the roads leading to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in the northern part of the besieged territory. Israel says most residents have heeded its orders to flee to the south, but hundreds of thousands remain in the north, in part because Israel has also bombarded targets in so-called safe zones.
The army recently released computer-generated images showing what it said were Hamas installations in and around Shifa Hospital.
With AP Inputs
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