The Israeli forces claimed this Wednesday to have found in the facilities of the Al Shifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, an operational command center, weapons and technological resources, in their operations against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
“An operational command center, weapons and technological resources were found in the MRI building of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, adding that its troops continue to ” the precise and directed operation against the terrorist organization Hamas” in this hospital unit.
The IDF describes that, when the soldiers entered the hospital complex, they “engaged several terrorists and killed them” and then, during searches in one of the hospital departments, “they located a room with technological goods, as well as military and military equipment.” combat”. “used by Hamas.
In another department of the hospital, soldiers also located “an operational command center and technological assets belonging to Hamas,” proving, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters today, that the movement uses hospital facilities to “military and terrorist purposes, without taking into account international laws.”
The technological data and “extensive localized information”, shown in videos accompanying the FDI note, were transferred for full analysis by the competent authorities, the FDI said.
“The IDF continues to operate in the hospital complex, while extracting information and preventing damage to medical equipment and civilians taking refuge there,” the same note also states.
On October 7, fighters from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007 and classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel – carried out an attack on Israeli territory of dimensions unprecedented since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, it left 1,200 dead, mostly civilians, around five thousand injured and more than 200 hostages.
In retaliation, Israel declared a war to “eradicate” Hamas, which began with food, water, electricity and fuel cuts in the Gaza Strip and daily shelling, followed by a ground offensive surrounding Gaza City.
The war between Israel and Hamas, which this Wednesday marked 40 days and continues to threaten to spread throughout the Middle East region, has so far left 11,320 dead in the Gaza Strip, most of them civilians, 28,200 injured, 3,250 missing under the rubble and more than 1.6 million displaced, according to the most recent report from local authorities.
Source: TSF
