Hamas human shields 2023+

Why Arab "Palestinians" die...

The following are links, sources for the "Palestinian" Arab Islamist regime in Gaza using its civilians (human shields by terrorists), 'dead baby strategy to cause their deaths in order to demonize Israel and gather sympathy, strength. Recorded, stated since Oct 7 War.

Biden Condemns Hamas Attack on Israel as ‘Evil’. By Peter Baker. The new York Times. Oct 10, 2023 — They use Palestinian civilians as human shields. Hamas offers nothing but terror and bloodshed, with no regard for who pays the price. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/politics/biden-israel-hamas.html

The White House

OCTOBER 10, 2023 Remarks by President Biden on the Terrorist Attacks in Israel. BRIEFING ROOM SPEECHES AND REMARKS State Dining Room.

2:24 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. You know, there are moments in this life — and I mean this literally — when the pure, unadulterated evil is unleashed on this world.

The people of Israel lived through one such moment this weekend. The bloody hands of the terrorist organization Hamas — a group whose stated purpose for being is to kill Jews. This was an act of sheer evil. More than 1,000 civilians slaughtered — not just killed, slaughtered — in Israel. Among them, at least 14 American citizens killed.

Parents butchered using their bodies to try to protect their children.

Stomach-turning reports of being — babies being killed.

Entire families slain.

Young people massacred while attending a musical festival to celebrate peace — to celebrate peace.

Women raped, assaulted, paraded as trophies.

Families hid their fear for hours and hours, desperately trying to keep their children quiet to avoid drawing attention.

And thousands of wounded, alive but carrying with them the bullet holes and the shrapnel wounds and the memory of what they endured.

You all know these traumas never go away.

There are still so many families desperately waiting to hear the fate of their loved ones, not knowing if they’re alive or dead or hostages.

Infants in their mothers’ arms, grandparents in wheelchairs, Holocaust survivors abducted and held hostage — hostages whom Hamas has now threatened to execute in violation of every code of human morality.

It’s abhorrent.

The brutality of Hamas — this bloodthirstiness — brings to mind the worst — the worst rampages of ISIS.

This is terrorism.

But sadly, for the Jewish people, it’s not new.

This attack has brought to the surface painful memories and the scars left by a millennia of antisemitism and genocide of the Jewish people.

So, in this moment, we must be crystal clear: We stand with Israel. We stand with Israel. And we will make sure Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack.

There is no justification for terrorism. There is no excuse.

Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination. Its stated purpose is the annihilation of the State of Israel and the murder of Jewish people.

They use Palestinian civilians as human shields.

Hamas offers nothing but terror and bloodshed with no regard to who pays the price... https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/10/10/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-terrorist-attacks-in-israel-2/

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Hamas again using human shields in Gaza. "To mitigate harm to noncombatants, the IDF carries out surgical strikes," said the army. (October 10, 2023 / JNS) Hamas continues to use Gazan civilians as human shields by building its terrorist infrastructure in densely populated civilian areas, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday, sharing evidence of the Islamist group’s facilities located near medical clinics, schools and U.N. buildings.

“Hamas infrastructure is deliberately embedded within civilian areas and in proximity to international assets, using the population as human shields,” said the report by the IDF International Cooperation Division.

“In order to mitigate harm to noncombatants, the IDF carries out surgical strikes,” it added.

The report included aerial maps of Gaza City’s Rimal residential neighborhood, showing Hamas facilities in or near commercial buildings, pharmacies, welfare offices, mosques and other public facilities.

Hamas’s well-documented use of its own civilians as human shields, as well as its use of mosques, hospitals, schools and private homes as weapons storage facilities and firing platforms, violates international humanitarian law... https://www.jns.org/hamas-again-using-human-shields-in-gaza/

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Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay put as Israel ground offensive looms. By Reuters. October 13, 2023.

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Mosques broadcast messages telling Gaza Strip residents to stay put on Friday, in defiance of an Israeli military call for more than a million civilians to move south within 24 hours in the build-up to its expected ground offensive. Leaders of the enclave's governing militant group Hamas also urged Palestinians to ignore the call, and by Friday afternoon there were no signs of any mass exodus from the north of the enclave. Any incursion into the densely populated territory would be a pivotal moment in Israel's war with Hamas, which on Saturday launched the bloodiest attack on the country since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Israel has already mounted the heaviest air strikes on Gaza ever, and has mobilised 300,000 reservists and amassed tanks near the border in response to the Hamas assault. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-tells-gaza-residentsstay-home-israel-ground-offensive-looms-2023-10-13/

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Hamas Bears the Blame for Every Death in This War. By Bret Stephens. Oct. 15, 2023. Seen from a bombed-out building, people stand on rubble outside, with parts of the damaged building hanging down in the foreground.

On Friday the Israeli government gave civilians in the northern Gaza Strip 24 hours to evacuate to the southern part of the territory, in anticipation of a major military offensive. Hamas, for its part, “told Gaza residents to stay put, despite Israel’s deadline,” Reuters reported the same day.

Reasonable people can criticize Israel for not allowing enough time for civilians to get out of harm’s way: There are, especially, elderly, disabled and sick Gazans — and those who help them — who may be effectively homebound.

Reasonable people can also oppose other measures that Israelis have taken in response to the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. It seems neither right nor smart for Israel to cut off water and electricity to Gaza until Hamas’s hostages are returned — not because Israel shouldn’ t do whatever it takes to obtain their release but because the people who suffer most from the action are the ones who have the least say over the fate of the hostages. Hamas’s leaders, I’m sure, have amply supplied themselves and their forces with fuel, generators, potable water and other essentials. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/opinion/columnists/hamas-war-israelgaza.html

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Palestinian Media Watch. Hamas calls on Gazans to be human shields. Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Oct 11, 2023

Hamas’ Interior Ministry: “We again call on [Gazan] citizens not to cooperate with the recorded phone messages that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is sending at random, asking people to leave their homes” Using civilians as human shields, Hamas has called on Gazans not to leave their homes when Israel warns about bombings.

While the Israeli army has been notifying Gazan civilians to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere before Israel attacks terrorists or terror infrastructure in their apartment buildings, Hamas’ Interior Ministry is calling on Palestinians to remain in their homes to serve as human shields:

Headline: "The Interior Ministry calls on citizens not to cooperate with the recorded messages the occupation (i.e., Israel) is sending at random” “Important notice:

We again call on [Gazan] citizens not to cooperate with the recorded phone messages that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is sending at random, asking people to leave their homes. Their goal is to arouse panic and fear as part of the psychological warfare accompanying the occupation's aggression against our people.

Media Office, Ministry of Interior and National Security

Tuesday, October 10, 2023”

[Website of Hamas' Ministry of Interior and National Security, Oct. 10, 2023]

It has always been Hamas' policy to use the civilian population in Gaza as human shields. Palestinian Media Watch documented that in the 2014 Gaza war, Hamas also demanded that Palestinians “return to their homes”. [1].

Even Fatah has mocked Hamas for its use of civilians as human shields [2] and criticized them for storing explosives among the civilian population. [3] [Website of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Aug. 29, 2021]. https://palwatch.org/page/34641

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Blinken: Cruelty of Hamas onslaught ‘defies comprehension,’ Gazans used as human shield. By Lazar Berman, October 12, 2023

Speaking in Tel Aviv, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the images from Hamas's shocking massacres are "overwhelming," expressing sympathy to Israel in the face of the terror group using Gazan civilians as "human shields."

Reacting to images shown to him by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken says it’s hard to find words.

"A baby riddled with bullets, a soldier beheaded, young people burned in their cars… It's simply depravity in the worst imaginable way. It almost defies comprehension," he says as he chokes up, adding that it hearkens back to the Islamic State terror group. "When you see this, you can’t help but imagine yourself, your family, your loved ones, your friends in that situation."

"Maybe the best word for it for me is overwhelming. I think what it’s done is united a country in profound grief but also in resolve. It’s imperative that we all join in that resolve."

"This is a moment for moral clarity," he continues.

"Images are worth a thousand words. These images may be worth a million." Blinken stresses that Hamas continues to use civilians as human shields. "That’s one of the basic facts that Israel has to deal with." He emphasizes that civilians “are not the target of Israel’s military operations.”

Blinken adds that he discussed safe passage and other humanitarian means for Gazan civilians with Israel.

Blinken says that he does not know what Hamas’s goals were in the attack, but "the simplest explanation might be the most compelling. This is pure evil."

He adds that it is possible that other interests include getting in the way of normalization with Saudi Arabia.

Blinken also says he will meet with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Qatar, after meeting Jordan’s King Abdullah and PA President Mahmoud Abbas this week.

Blinken says that he brought with him his special representative for hostage affairs, who participated in his meetings with US citizens who have lost loved ones who were killed or taken hostage. The official will stay in Israel to keep working for the hostages' release.

"In my meetings with the prime minister, with President Herzog, with the ministers in Israel’s newly formed national unity government, we discussed in detail what Israel needs to defend itself," says Blinken. "We are delivering on those needs as we speak." https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/blinken-cruelty-of-hamasonslaught-defies-comprehension-gazans-used-as-human-shield/

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani At a Joint Press Availability REMARKS.

ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE. AMIRI DIWAN. DOHA, QATAR, OCTOBER 13, 2023

Let’s not lose sight of why this is happening. Israel is conducting operations in Gaza because Hamas carried out terrorist attacks that killed – in the most horrific – way 1,300 of its people. Hamas terrorists slaughtered, raped, mutilated, tortured, burned innocent civilians – from babies to the elderly, men, women, boys, and girls.

Now, efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza are complicated by the fact that Hamas continues to use innocent civilians as human shields, and is reportedly blocking roads to prevent Palestinians from moving to southern Gaza, out of harm’s way. We know the humanitarian situation is urgent. We’re actively engaged with partners, including Qatar, to get aid to those who need it. https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-with-qatari-primeminister-and-minister-of-foreign-affairs-mohammed-bin-abdulrahman-althani-at-a-joint-press-availability/

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Hamas terrorists use Gaza hospital as shield.

Palestinian terrorist group Hamas uses hospitals to escape Israeli bombardment amid war Reporting from Sderot, Journalist Yeshaya Rosenman said that the Hamas leadership is hiding in a bunker underneath Al Shifa Hospital.

Kamal Joshi, Updated October 11th, 2023 at 23:31 IST https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/west-asia/hamas-using-gazahospital-as-shield.news

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Muslim Doctor Shot and Held Hostage By Hamas, Used as Human Shield, Rescued By IDF. By Hana Levi Julian - 26 Tishri 5784 – October 11, 2023. The Jewish Press

On Saturday morning, United Hatzalah volunteer physician Dr. Tarek Abu Arar was held hostage for several hours and shot twice by Hamas terrorists who had infiltrated southern Israel.

Dr. Abu Arar, a resident of Arar’a BaNegev, was driving to his shift in the Emergency Room at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon on Saturday morning when at a junction near Sderot he came across a person who seemed injured on the side of the road next to a 4×4 vehicle. “At that moment, there had been no reports of any infiltration,” recounted Dr. Abu Arar. “Thankfully, we had just had a Red Alert siren about 20 minutes earlier so I had decided to wear my bulletproof vest. But I initially thought it was a routine car accident so I stopped on the side of the road in order to help”

“Suddenly as I got closer to the car I saw about 50 meters away what looked like an Israeli soldier in uniform. He gestured to me to come to him. As I walked to him and was just 10 meters away, he suddenly shot me in the chest. I started shouting and praying, convinced that I was about to die. I thought he was a soldier who had mistaken me for a terrorist. Then I heard someone say in Arabic ‘Stop, stop, he is an Arab’. This is when I understood they were Hamas terrorists. As I looked back, about 10 additional men in military attire came out from behind the bushes and started interrogating me in Arabic. They asked me questions to check my knowledge of Islam. They had Kalashnikovs and very advanced military equipment and were wearing green uniforms that looked similar to IDF uniforms.”

“They attached me to a pole in the center of the junction and said ‘That’s it we have a hostage, the IDF cannot eliminate us from the air anymore’ and began shooting at every car that passed by the junction, making sure to kill every occupant of the cars. It was horrific. This continued for two hours until the army arrived at the scene and there was a shootout between the terrorists and the soldiers, with me in the middle.”

“Then one of the terrorists shot me in the leg from point blank and signaled with his hand that the next bullet would be in my head. I started bleeding pretty massively. During this whole time, I was praying for a miracle. I was convinced that I was about to die. The IDF forces retreated and 45 minutes later a Yamam commando force arrived at the scene. They succeeded in eliminating all of the terrorists and rescued me. They put a tourniquet on my leg and an ambulance came to transport me to Soroka Hospital where I was treated and released a few hours later.” https://www.jewishpress.com/news/health-and-medicine/muslim-doctor-shotand-held-hostage-by-hamas-used-as-human-shield-rescued-by-idf/2023/10/11/ Israel @ 🇮🇱 ישראלIsrael Tarek Abu-Arar, an Arab- Israeli doctor was on his way to his shift at the hospital when he stopped to help a person who appeared to be injured.

This person was a Hamas terrorist who took Tarek hostage while shooting at civilians. He and a group of Hamas terrorists used Tarek, who was bleeding from a gun wound, as a human shield against the IDF soldiers who came to stop the terrorists.

Tarek miraculously survived.

These blood thirsty murderers go after innocent men, women and children.

Oct 13, 2023 https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1712893310501626171

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13 Oct 2023. ‘Hamas wants to use people as human shields’, says White House National Security spokesperson. Matt Frei Europe Editor and Presenter We spoke to John Kirby, the White House National Security spokesperson. https://www.channel4.com/news/hamas-wants-to-use-people-as-human-shieldssays-white-house-national-security-spokesperson

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Newsweek, Oct 13, 2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Hamas is allegedly blocking roads and preventing civilians from evacuating Northern Gaza. Israel warned 1.1 million Gazans to flee to the south ahead of an anticipated ground invasion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gcjBLVrsntg [Journalist] Yoni Ben Menachem @yonibmen: Hamas leadership hiding in bunkers in Gaza under pressure! Calls on the residents of the northern Gaza Strip not to evacuate the area, wants to continue using them as a human shield. [4] Oct 13, 2023 https://twitter.com/yonibmen/status/1712681498745147596 _

Hamas militants using civilians as human shields to stop evacuation: IDF. Published By PGurus Newsdesk Oct 14, 2023 [5]. https://www.pgurus.com/hamas-militants-using-civilians-as-human-shieldsto-stop-evacuation-idf/

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CHUCK DEVORE: The U.N. shames Israelis for evacuating Palestinian - while Hamas uses the innocent as human shields. When will the world see that these vicious terrorists - not Israel - are Gaza's worst enemy? By Chuck Devore For Dailymail.Com 14 Oct 2023 Israel is pleading with more than one million Palestinian civilians to flee Gaza City. The vile terrorists in control of that doomed metropolis are telling innocent people to stay put. Hamas has used the Palestinian people as pawns for decades. It's no surprise they're now using them as human shields. On Thursday, the Israeli Defense Forces, massing 360,000 troops on the border of Gaza in preparation for the grim task of rooting out and dismantling Hamas, dropped fliers from planes instructing non-combatants to get out. 'Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using you as human shields,' the IDF said. Hamas responded: 'Our Palestinian people reject the threat made by the leaders of the occupation and its call for Gazans to leave their houses and leave to the south or to Egypt.' Like clockwork, the United Nations and America's left-wing, anti-Israel media took up the Hamas narrative. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12630551/gaza-evacauation-hamasisrael-chuck-devore.html

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In CNN interview: President Herzog reveals Hamas "Captive Taking Handbook."

In the booklet terrorists are advised in detail on how to carry out the kidnapping. Israel National News, Oct 15, 2023

President Isaac Herzog on Sunday, in an interview with CNN, presented evidence found on Hamas terrorists following the barbaric attack on the people of Israel a week ago. He showed viewers a booklet entitled "The Warrior's Guide - Jihad Version", issued and distributed by Hamas to terrorists in the field.

In addition, the President presented shocking photos of atrocities in the massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri, which he visited this morning.

In the booklet, recovered on the battlefield from a Hamas terrorist who was killed after taking part in the attack on Israel, terrorists are advised in detail on how to carry out the kidnapping. According to the description, the kidnappers are required to create chaos and intimidation, coercing and blindfolding captives, using electric shocks, and instructing them to execute any person who may pose a threat or distraction. They were also instructed to collect the captives and use them as human shields, if necessary, without distinction of religion, race, or sex.

According to the barbaric text, similar to the terrorist organization ISIS, the terrorists are required to document their actions by livestreaming and executing hostages.

Also in the manual was a chapter explaining IDF ranks and their importance, as well as an explanation of the IDF’s means of warfare and technological capabilities.

Like – and even worse than ISIS – the text places cruel brutality at the heart of Hamas’ actions.

In his interview, the President said, “We are faced with an extremely cruel, inhumane ending enemy which we have to uproot with no mercy. This was found on the body of one of the terrorists, this booklet is an instruction guide on how to go into a civilian premises, into a kibbutz, a city, a moshav, and how to break in. And first thing, what do you do when you find the citizens? You torture them? This is the booklet - it says exactly how to torture them, how to abduct them, how to kidnap them. So therefore, the story is not Israel versus Palestinians or Judaism versus Islam - God forbid - the story is about humans, humanity, are we with the good or with evil, that's where humanity should stand. And the battle that we are carrying out now, as a nation rising up as a lion, is against evil, and we will uproot evil so that there will be good for the entire region and the world”.

He added, “There is no justification. It is simply an ISIS-type ideology that wants to eliminate us off the ground, and therefore, they need to be eliminated off the ground.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/616914

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US intelligence shows Islamic Jihad rocket misfired on Gaza hospital, but Tlaib still blames Israel. By Jon King - October 19, 2023 https://michiganadvance.com/2023/10/19/us-intelligence-shows-islamicjihad-rocket-misfired-on-gaza-hospital-but-tlaib-still-blames-israel/

Gaza hospital blast: Biden says "rocket fired by terrorist group" to blame for explosion | FULL

Global News. Streamed live on Oct 18, 2023 During a press conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden claimed that the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital explosion which killed hundreds in Gaza City on Tuesday https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y4h_nxxhHSY

Don’t ‘Rush to Judgement’: British PM Tells Parliament Errant Palestinian Missile, Not Israeli Air Strike, Responsible for Gaza Hospital Blast

by Ben Cohen, October 23, 2023 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revealed on Monday that his country’s intelligence services had concluded that the explosion last week near the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City was caused by an errant missile fired by terrorists, and not an Israeli air strike.

“The UK government judges that the explosion was likely caused by a missile or part of one that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel,” Sunak told a session of the House of Commons.

The assessment concurs with similar conclusions drawn by Israel and the US that an air strike was not the cause of the blast. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/10/23/dont-rush-judgement-british-pmtells-parliament-errant-palestinian-missile-not-israeli-air-strikeresponsible-gaza-hospital-blast/

French military intelligence says Israeli strike not behind Gaza hospital blast By John Irish October 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231021001926/https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-france-intelligence-7be0d59b9ceb58bbf2f03c5dc8222356 https://www.reuters.com/world/french-military-intelligence-says-israelistrike-not-behind-gaza-hospital-blast-2023-10-20/

Video Analysis Shows Gaza Hospital Hit By Failed Rocket Meant for Israel." A video analysis by the Wall Street Journal using security cameras and live feeds inside Israel and Gaza shows how a failed rocket caused the deadly explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital. Photo illustration: Ryan Trefes. 21 October, 2023 https://www.wsj.com/video/video-analysis-shows-gaza-hospital-hit-byfailed-rocket-meant-for-israel/120A1C22-BA32-418E-8837-BC4141FEFB00.html "The New York Times offers a limited mea culpa for how it initially presented news of the Gaza hospital blast. By Joshua Benton Oct. 23, 2023, https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/the-new-york-times-offers-a-limitedmea-culpa-for-how-it-initially-presented-news-of-the-gaza-hospital-blast/ ______

Hamas 'are using civilians and children as human shields and placing rocket launch sites beside a kindergarten, schools and a mosque', according to Israeli satellite images. By David Averre, Daily Mail, 23 Oct 2023 ... A series of satellite images, shared on the IDF's official website and social media accounts, shows what they claim are launch pits dug into the ground right next to the civilian structures - something Israel says backs up their claims that Hamas is using the Palestinian people as human shields. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12660873/Hamas-Israel-satelliteimages.html _______

'They are shooting at people,’ Gazan says Hamas preventing evacuation to safety. IDF releases recording of call urging civilians to move southward to safety ahead of Israeli strike as part of military intelligence effort to minimize civilian casualties. Yoav Zitun | published: October 26, 2023 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjqk4hpft

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N12 - The IDF spokesman revealed in a statement: "Hamas is using the hospital in Gaza as a terrorist headquarters."

During a briefing to the international media, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari showed intelligence information from the security system - according to which the central terror headquarters of Hamas is located under the central hospital in the Gaza Strip • "The hospital has several underground complexes, and a control center of Hamas," he said • A recording with a senior member of the system was revealed The energy in the Gaza Strip, which clarified: "It is certain that there is at least half a million liters of fuel underground" N12| Posted 10/27/23 17:04

The IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, today (Friday) gave a special statement to the international media - in which he showed intelligence information from the IDF and the Shin Bet that proves that the central terrorist headquarters of Hamas is located under the al-Shifa ["Shifaa"] hospital, the main one in Gaza City. [6] The hospital has several underground compounds used by the leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas to direct their activities and a tunnel that reaches the hospital, which allows entry to the Hamas headquarters without going through the hospital," he said. He said that from the existing set-up in the hospitals, the intention is to fire rockets, store IEDs, weapons and ammunition.

The hospital is a human shield for the leaders of Hamas," he emphasized. "The hospital's energy infrastructure that is supposed to be used by its patients is actually used at the same time by the terrorist organization's underground terrorist infrastructure." Brigadier General Hagari added: "The heads of the terrorist organization are using this shelter while endangering the civilian population."

In a conversation revealed by the IDF spokesperson between an IDF officer and a senior official in the energy sector in the Gaza Strip, it is shown that there is still diesel and gasoline in the Gaza Strip. "Those who have protection go to the station and there is fuel," said the senior in the energy industry to the officer. "There is even gas, someone who has gas fills a tank and brings me gas" when in favoritism. He added to the IDF officer that "Hamas has diesel, at least a million liters. Now the stations are full and diesel is taken from them and brought to the hospitals." _

Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu: Hamas-ISIS is sick. They turn hospitals into headquarters for their terror. We just released intelligence proving it. Here it is: Oct 27, 2023 [7] https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/6361323ddea5a810/Article- 811bc0998617b81027.htm

IDF: Hamas’s terror command center built under Gaza’s main hospital. The Israeli military shares detailed information on how Hamas has turned hospitals into terror command centers and hideouts. Yaakov Lappin. (October 27, 2023 / JNS) [8] Hamas has systematically turned hospitals in the Gaza Strip into terror command centers and hideouts, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday, as volleys of rockets fired by Hamas targeted central and southern Israel.

Four people were injured in a direct rocket strike on a residential building in Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon, ranging from moderate to light injuries. Half an hour after that attack, central Israel was again targeted by rockets. According to IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military is affixing a red flag to the world about Hamas’s war crime of using hospitals in Gaza as human shields and revealed intelligence for that purpose.

“Hamas has turned hospitals into command-and-control centers, and hideouts for terrorists and commanders,” he stated. “According to intelligence in our hands, there is fuel in hospitals in Gaza, and Hamas is using it for its terror infrastructure.”

The IDF shared this information and more with intelligence agencies from allied countries, he said.

Addressing Shifa Hospital in Gaza City—the largest in the Strip, with more than 1,500 beds, 4,000 staff and people arriving in recent weeks around the hospital grounds—Hamas is “cynically using” such places as a “shield for its underground terror complex,” said Hagari.

The Gazan network of underground combat tunnels, dubbed “the metro” by the IDF, is often placed right next to sensitive sites like hospitals, mosques, schools and UNRWA sites as part of a deliberate doctrine by Hamas to limit IDF airstrikes.

Pointing to a map of the Shifa Hospital, Hagari said that Hamas conducts its command and control out of places like the X-ray room for terror activities like launching rockets.

“It is here in Shifa Hospital where Hamas operates its command-andcontrol cells. Hamas terrorists operate inside and under Shifa Hospital, with a network of terror tunnels. It also has an entrance to the tunnels from different places in the hospital,” said Hagari. “Right now, terrorists move freely at Shifa Hospital.”

‘Hamas’s use of hospitals is systematic’

Hundreds of terrorists flooded the Shifa hospital after the Oct. 7 massacre of more than 1,400 Israelis by Hamas, stated Hagari.

“Hamas not only endangers the lives of Israeli civilians but also exploits the lives of innocent Gazans as human shields. Hamas’s use of hospitals is systematic. They do so precisely because they know Israel distinguishes between terrorists and civilians,” he said. “We already exposed that Hamas stole fuel from UNRWA—and UNRWA confirmed it.”

He was referring to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East.

Hagari played an audio recording between an IDF officer and a senior Gazan energy official, who stated that Hamas uses very large quantities of fuel for its underground tunnel activities, in addition to oxygen and electricity.

When medical facilities are used like this, they are liable to lose protection under international law, Hagari warned.

Gaza hospital Hamas headquarters hidden under Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 27, 2023. Credit: IDF. “For over two weeks, the IDF has called and continues to call the civilians of northern Gaza and Gaza City to temporarily move south for their own safety,” he stressed. “We continue to back efforts by Egypt and the United States to get food medicine and water to south Gaza. We will increase this humanitarian effort.”

Terror targets struck, Palestinian commander killed

Meanwhile, in recent hours, the IDF conducted a ground raid in the Gaza Strip and struck dozens of terror targets belonging to Hamas, it said.

IDF ground forces, accompanied by Israeli Air Force fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), conducted the raid in the central Gaza Strip early on Friday.

As part of the activity, IDF aircraft and artillery struck terror targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Shuja’iyya area and throughout the Gaza Strip, the military said.

The troops exited the area at the end of the activity. No IDF injuries were reported.

During the activity, the IDF identified and struck numerous terror targets, including anti-tank missile launch sites, military command-andcontrol centers, as well as Hamas terrorists themselves.

Overnight on Friday, the IDF killed Madhath Mubashar, commander of the Western Khan Yunis Battalion of the Hamas terrorist organization. Madhath took part in explosives and sniper attacks against Israeli civilian communities and IDF soldiers, the military said in a statement. https://www.jns.org/idf-intelligence-a-terror-command-room-in-thehospital-x-ray-room/

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Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh: We Need The Blood Of Women, Children, And The Elderly Of Gaza – So It Awakens Our Revolutionary Spirit. October 27, 2023 Palestine | Special Dispatch No. 10911

Hamas leader Isamil Haniyeh called in an October 26, 2023 address upon all the "free people of the world" to stop the bombing of Gaza, which he referred to as the "new holo...st." He said: "The blood of the women, children and elderly […] we are the ones who need this blood, so it awakens within us the revolutionary spirit, so it awakens with us resolve." He said that the demise of the Israeli occupation is "inevitable," and therefore, preparations must be made for the postoccupation phase. The address was aired on Mayadeen Network (Lebanon), and other TV networks. [9] https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-we-need-bloodwomen-children-and-elderly-gaza-%E2%80%93-so-it-awakens

Hamas Leader: ‘Women, Children, Elderly’ Must Die In Gaza To Help Our Fight Against Israel. By Daily Wire News Oct 28, 2023, DailyWire.com

Hamas leader Isamil Haniyeh called for Palestinian civilians to die in Israel’s strikes against Hamas terrorists inside of Gaza.

The remarks come as Hamas commits war crimes by using civilians as human shields and lies about events that have unfolded during the three-week war, including its false claims that Israel bombed a hospital. https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-leader-women-children-elderly-mustdie-in-gaza-to-help-our-fight-against-israel

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Hamas officials admit its strategy is to use Palestinian civilians as human shields. By Natalie Ecanow. NYPost. Published Nov. 1, 2023, 7:29 p.m. ET

An interviewer recently posed a logical question to Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of the Hamas politburo: “Since you have built 500 kilometers of tunnels, why haven’t you built bomb shelters where civilians can hide during bombardments?”

Abu Marzouk said the tunnels are “meant to protect us” from Israeli aircraft and facilitate attacks on Israeli targets.

“Us” meaning Hamas. Not civilians.

Hamas chooses not to build bomb shelters in Gaza because that would undercut its ability to use the population as human shields.

By putting civilians in or above its military positions, Hamas knows it cannot lose.

Either it will prevent Israel from attacking, since the Israeli military tries to minimize harm to civilians, or if Israel does attack, the use of human shields will ensure high civilian casualties.

Hamas can then hold the death toll against Israel while generating sympathy for itself.

Hamas uses its hundreds of miles of tunnels for military purposes: to transport weapons and ammunition, store supplies and train its members without exposing them to enemy surveillance and fire.

Hamas leader shows why no cease-fire is possible if Israel is to survive Equally important, the tunnels are a convenient way for Hamas to hide its military assets underneath civilian infrastructure. That is a textbook use of human shields, which international law prohibits.

Reliant on civilians to protect it from Israeli counterattacks, Hamas cannot afford to let Gaza’s civilian population seek refuge from clashes with the Israel Defense Forces.

Accordingly, Hamas leadership ordered civilians in northern Gaza to defy the IDF’s advice to “evacuate south for your own safety” in advance of Israel’s ground invasion.

Eyad al-Bozom, a spokesman for Hamas’ interior ministry, encouraged Gaza’s residents to “stay put in your homes and your places.” To its credit, the Biden administration has called out Hamas for employing a strategy whose essence is the commission of war crimes against the same people Hamas supposedly represents.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby explained on CNN, “Hamas actually gave a counterorder telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay at home. Why? Because having human shields, they think, protects them.”

Hamas’ use of human shields is not new. Hamas has come close to confessing its exploitation of civilians before.

During an organized 2016 uprising at the Gaza border, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar admitted the group “decided to turn that which is most dear to us — the bodies of our women and children — into a dam blocking the collapse in Arab reality.”

After acknowledging Hamas builds tunnels to protect fighters but not civilians, Abu Marzouk ventured that it is the job of the United Nations, not Hamas, to protect civilians.

It might have been hard to say that with a straight face, since Hamas also has a long record of turning UN facilities into part of its wall of human shields.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), whose mission is to provide relief for Palestinians, has repeatedly found stores of Hamas rockets hidden in tunnels beneath its schools.

In 2018, Congress passed the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act, which has lain dormant since becoming law.

The Shields Act, which specifically calls out Hamas, requires the president to impose sanctions on individuals determined to be using human shields, but neither Biden nor his predecessor designated any Hamas leaders. Now would be a good time to start.

Doing so is unlikely to change Hamas’ behavior, but it would send an important message both to Americans and leaders in other democratic nations.

It is not Israel but Hamas that bears moral responsibility for the death of civilians in this war. [10]

Hamas seeks to win by generating enough pressure on Israel from its allies to force an end to Israel’s military operations. Washington should make clear it will never fall for this ruse; nor should anyone else. https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/opinion/hamas-officials-admit-its-strategyis-to-use-palestinian-civilians-as-human-shields/

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In battle for Gaza stronghold, 100 women and children pushed forward by Hamas to act as human barrier.

IDF troops met with a disturbing tactic at base of Hamas's Force 17 near Jabaliya; 'We stand ready to face more instances of such cynical and brutal use of civilians,' Israeli officer says

Yoav Zitun | YNet. November 1, 2023.

IDF troops who engaged in fierce combat with Hamas terrorists for control over an operations base in the Gaza Strip were met with a disturbing tactic: roughly 100 women and children were pushed forward by Hamas to act as a human barrier. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bk4yhmlq6

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Secretary-General's press conference on the Middle East. UN.org, Nov 6, 2023 — At the same time, Hamas and other militants use civilians as human shields and continue to launch rockets indiscriminately towards Israel.

I reiterate my utter condemnation of the abhorrent acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October – and repeat my call for the immediate, unconditional and safe release of hostages held in Gaza.

Nothing can justify the deliberate torture, killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians. https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2023-11-06/secretarygenerals-press-conference-the-middle-east

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EU nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as 'human shields'. AP News. 13 November 2023. https://apnews.com/article/european-unioncondemn-hamas-human-shields-2c0d1c04cb38fc4acce37d8d624e1a3f

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The criticism in Gaza: "All this happened because of the dogs of Hamas" | Watch the video. A resident of Gaza who was documented among the ruins, decided to condemn the terrorist organization in an unusual step - but she was immediately silenced and removed from the scene • Protests are also on social networks: "Hamas is hiding in the tunnels and uses residents as human shields" • The Green Prince claims: "Hamas must be reckoned with" Sapir Lipkin | N12 | Published 22:59 11.02.23

Since the beginning of the war, Hamas continues to use the residents of Gaza as human shields and uses the humanitarian infrastructure for terrorist purposes - at their expense. In the document that was published today (Thursday) and caused a stir, an unusual criticism of the terrorist organization is heard that is usually only heard in private rooms.

"All this happened because of the dogs of Hamas, enough!", a resident of Gaza can be heard shouting among the ruins, while the victims of the attack were being evacuated. However, in a short time - she was already silenced and removed from the place.

The condemnation that the Gazan heard spread on social media and drew many responses from surfers in the Arab world who used the hashtag #dogsofhamas [ ] كلاب _حماسand expressed sympathy with her, while criticizing Hamas.

"Hamas launched the attack against Israel, hides in the tunnels and uses the residents of Gaza as human shields," attacked one of the social-media users. "The reality is that many residents of Gaza do not want Hamas, but the fear motivates them because anyone who criticizes Hamas will find his death within days," another user added.

In the meantime, the Green Prince Mossab Hassan Yousef (son of a senior Hamas official in Judea and Samaria), who was one of the most important Shin Bet agents, published a video in which he claimed that "We must come to terms with Hamas. He planned something dangerous and no one listened to it. We cannot continue to live in the same denial."

"These voices calling for a ceasefire mean that Hamas should be allowed to escape punishment for its crimes. Escape with the strategy that aims to destroy the State of Israel and endanger the lives of the Palestinians while using them as human shields," added the Green Prince. "No. We must take power from Hamas. This is a war imposed on Israel." https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/6361323ddea5a810/Article- 0c42579a7e09b81026.htm

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Israel Defense Forces on X: "A Hamas terrorist cell was identified using an ambulance. In response, an IDF aircraft struck and neutralized the Hamas terrorists, who were operating within the ambulance.

We emphasize that this area in Gaza is a war zone. Civilians are repeatedly called upon to evacuate southward for their own safety. Nov 3, 2023 https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1720510816930157050

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Horrific video purportedly shows Gaza street strewn with at least a dozen bodies gunned down by Hamas. By Chris Nesi Published Nov. 3, 2023, 5:32 p.m. ET

WARNING: Graphic and distressing content.

A horrifying new video purportedly shows at least a dozen Gaza residents shot dead in the streets by Hamas terrorists as they were attempting to flee from the north to the south of the Hamas-controlled region.

In the video posted on X, a man films the carnage as he rides a bicycle down the Al Rasheed beach road, crying out in anguish the camera focuses on the dead bodies, many of them lying in pools of blood.

In a separate post, author and journalist Amjad Taha said the victims were among “dozens” killed by Hamas snipers, including women and children, because “they do not want citizens to leave.”

“They want to use them as human shields and will kill anyone who attempts to leave. Hamas terrorists in Gaza will, as usual, blame #Israel because it is easy and there is media that accepts this propaganda,” he wrote.

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A horrifying new video purportedly shows at least a dozen Gaza residents shot dead in the streets by Hamas terrorists as they were attempting to flee from the north to the south of the Hamas-controlled region.

In a separate post, author and journalist Amjad Taha said the victims were among “dozens” killed by Hamas snipers, including women and children, because “they do not want citizens to leave.”

The video is fueling disturbing speculation that Hamas has been killing Gaza citizens and attempting to blame their deaths on Israeli airstrikes.

Taha says the man shooting the video from the bicycle is saying “Airstrikes? Does this look like airstrikes?” in Arabic. Israel has faced mounting pressure to broker a temporary ceasefire with Hamas in recent days, including from President Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, following a prolonged military campaign in Gaza that began when terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people. https://nypost.com/2023/11/03/news/video-reportedly-shows-gaza-residentsgunned-down-in-streets-by-hamas/

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Hamas using Qatar-funded hospital for terrorism, IDF says. The Israeli military also presented evidence of terrorist activities at the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza. The Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital in Gaza. Source: X/Qatar Fund for Development.The Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital in Gaza. Source: X/Qatar Fund for Development. ... in a briefing for international media showed visual proof of a terrorist tunnel entrance that was exposed by Israeli soldiers at Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital, located along the coast north of Gaza City. Hagari also presented a video of Hamas terrorists firing at Israeli soldiers from inside the hospital, which was established in 2016 by its namesake, the former emir of Qatar. The facility specializes in physical rehabilitation and providing prosthetic limbs.

Hagari also showed evidence that the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, which was funded by NGOs from Indonesia and was also inaugurated in 2016, was built on top of Hamas terror infrastructure. There were underground terrorist facilities there before the hospital was constructed, he demonstrated.

The IDF spokesman showed a rocket launch pad located some 245 feet (75 meters) from the hospital.

“Hamas launches rockets on Israel 75 meters from a hospital,” he said.

The evidence from the Qatari and Indonesian hospitals builds upon the case presented earlier about Shifa Hospital, the largest in Gaza, that Hamas uses these medical centers for terrorism and their patients and staff as human shields.

Hamas’s headquarters is located under the massive Shifa complex in Gaza City, the IDF said.

"Hamas is hiding behind hospitals, sickly behind hospitals to hide its war machine,” Hagari said. “We will not accept Hamas’s cynical use of hospitals to hide their terror infrastructure. It must come to an end. It is a war crime."... https://www.jns.org/hamas-using-qatar-funded-hospital-for-terrorism-idfsays/

IDF reopens Gaza humanitarian corridor despite Hamas attacks. Over 2,500 targets have been hit since the start of ground operations in the Strip, according to the IDF. Joshua Marks, November 5, 2023 / JNS https://www.jns.org/idf-reopening-gaza-humanitarian-corridor-despitehamas-attacks/

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IDF shows Hamas rockets next to children’s pool, playground. “This is further proof of the terror organization’s constant use of the civilian population as a human shield for terror purposes.” [11]. November 5, 2023 / JNS https://www.jns.org/idf-shows-hamas-rockets-next-to-childrens-poolplayground/ _

Israel Uncovers Hamas Rocket Launchers Next to Children’s Pool, Playground. By TPS / Tazpit News Agency - 22 Heshvan 5784 – November 5, 2023 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/hamas/israel-uncovershamas-rocket-launchers-next-to-childrens-pool-playground/2023/11/05/

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Dozens of Hamas rockets found inside youth center, mosque. Over 50 rockets found inside youth center in Gaza together with launchers, rocket launching sites found inside mosque. Israel National News, Nov 6, 2023, 6:32 PM (GMT+2). [12] rocket launchers found in youth center IDF Spokesperson

During combat operations in the Gaza Strip, IDF forces located and uncovered additional evidence of Hamas' use of civilian sites for terrorist purposes and especially for launching rockets at the State of Israel.

During activity by a team of soldiers of the 460th Brigade to locate terrorist infrastructure and clear the area, rocket launch pits found by the soldiers in a mosque were destroyed.

In addition, during several activities in the past day, the soldiers found over 50 rockets ready to be launched into Israel from inside a youth movement compound in Northern Gaza.

Earlier, it was announced that overnight, an IAF fighter jet, directed by ISA and IDF intelligence, killed the Commander of Hamas’ Deir al-Balah Battalion in the Central Camps Brigade, Wael Asefa. Asefa, together with other commanders of the Central Camps Brigade, was responsible for sending Hamas “Nukhba” terrorists into Israeli territory during the barbaric massacre on October 7th. Following the massacre, he planned additional terrorist attacks. Wael Asefa was imprisoned between 1992-1998 for his involvement in terrorist attacks against Israeli communities and has been involved in the incitement and promotion of terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers for decades. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379831 _

Hamas tunnels, weapons found near amusement park and university.

By Jerusalem Post Staff Published: November 6, 2023 20:11

ter,h_428,w_640/562345 IDF soldiers operate near an amusement park in the Gaza Strip.

A weapons warehouse containing chemicals, RPGs, and explosives, among other objects, was found near a university in Gaza.

Tunnels and weapons warehouses used by Hamas were found near an amusement park and a university in the Gaza Strip during the IDF's ongoing operations in the coastal enclave, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit revealed on Tuesday.

The Paratrooper Brigade found a tunnel opening near an amusement park in the Strip. The opening was destroyed by the IDF.

Maj. Roi, a commander in Sayeret Tzanhanim, stated "we found a logistic tunnel. The tunnels didn't pass over this area. We blew it up now, the opening has been destroyed and we intend to do this in every place we get to."

Explosives, RPGs found near university The Paratrooper Brigade and the 7th Brigade also found a tunnel opening and a weapons warehouse near a university, uncovering chemicals, RPGs, and explosives, among other objects.

ter,h_428,w_640/562346 Weapons found in a tunnel near a university in the Gaza Strip.

The commander of the 202nd Battalion, Lt.-Col. Almog, stated "we uncovered a very significant tunnel opening seemingly leading to a tunnel system. We'll continue destroying infrastructure."

"All of this is further evidence of the Hamas terrorist organization's cynical use of facilities and the civilian population as a human shield for the terrorist organization's needs," said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-772155

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Hamas terrorists’ last stand at Gaza hospital. In showdown witnessed by a Telegraph reporter, Israeli warplanes, tanks and infantry corner last remains of 1,000-strong battalion.

By Paul Nuki in Gaza, 7 November 2023 • 10:25pm

(Hamas terrorists were making a “last stand” in a hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday night in a showdown witnessed by a Telegraph reporter). [...] “They talk the talk, but they don’t walk so good,” said Lieutenant Colonel Blick of the Israeli 551 Reserve Paratroop Battalion, which escorted The Telegraph to the front line on Tuesday.

Pointing to the plumes of dust rising about 2km to the south, Lt Col Blick said fewer than 100 Hamas fighters were taking shelter in the Indonesian Hospital, the last survivors of a thousand-strong unit.

“They fought when we came in but folded after a day. Their command lines were cut. Now, where you can see the dust rising, in the hospital, they are making their last stand,” he said.

Until five weeks ago, Beit Hanoun was home to more than 50,000 people. About half would have been under 20. Now it is broken, the devastation total.

The Telegraph was driven in by open-top Humvee, whipping down a dirt track with a gunner poised above our heads. The city’s perimeter was a jagged mess of shattered homes. The convoy stopped at what would have been a communal area but now houses Israeli tanks, heavy armour and a platoon of troops.

One of the soldiers took reporters to see a Hamas rocket launcher, dug into the garden of a house just a few yards from a pool where children would have played. The launcher was so hidden that it would have been close to impossible to spot by drone.

The commanding officer of the 551 Battalion, Lt Col Ido, said boobytrapped houses, tunnels and alleyways were the biggest threat when soldiers first entered the area. Air strikes took out most of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs), but he and his men have cleared more than 150 themselves.

“They are buried in the ground, some in the woods, some in the kindergarten rooms, some in the schools”, he said, adding that some of the charges were designed to pierce armour with technology imported from Iran.

“The biggest threat was the IEDs. But luckily, we didn’t lose anyone,” he said. “Some of these guys are engineers, some of them doctors. They’re reservists. They are mature. They’re specialist. They’ve got life experience. So they work slow and secured.”

Lt Cols Ido and Blich struck a measured tone as they addressed reporters. Lt Col Ido was one of the first into the kibbutzim on the Gaza border on Oct 7 – the “Black Sabbath” – and saw some “very tough sights”. His concern now, he said, was how to guide his men. “They saw. We all saw it. A massacre. Bodies that were mutilated... We saw bodies of little kids that have been abused.”

But he emphasised that his troops must maintain a level head in combat, adding: “When I did my last brief the night before we came in here, my last sentence was that we are not like them and must not become like them.”

The 551 say they did not find civilian corpses in Beit Hanoun when they came in. People had moved south, and only dead animals and Hamas terrorists lay strewn on the ground.

Asked about the thousands of civilian casualties in Gaza, Lt Col Ido said that, for the most part, those people had nothing to do with Hamas.

Choking back emotion, he said: “The people of Gaza are not our enemies. I’m telling you, these houses are ruined but we’re not touching any personal stuff. We’re not taking things from the kitchens here. Because this is not our mission.

“I don’t have any business with the population here. I’m a father. I’ve got three kids. But I know my mission – my mission is to protect Israel.” As the battle in the Beit Hanoun hospital raged, the IDF said it was pushing into “the heart of Gaza City” for the first time since its withdrawal from the territory in 2005.

Israeli troops have conducted routine counter-insurgency operations here in the past – cynically described by politicians as “mowing the lawn” – but this latest operation aims to wipe out Hamas and its military infrastructure for good. It’s a war aim around which the Israeli public is united, but one that could yet prove difficult to achieve. ... describing the ongoing offensive as “a complex and difficult war”.

Despite the firepower being deployed, he said his troops had the 240 hostages held by Hamas uppermost in their mind, and that “returning them is our compass”...

“They’re watching a train wreck, and they can’t do anything about it, and the trains are speeding up,” a person familiar with the US administration’s thinking told The Washington Post earlier this week. “The train wreck is in Gaza, but the explosion is in the region.” Israeli forces appear to be in control of the coastal road inside Gaza City, and only about a mile from the Al Shifa hospital, where Israel says senior Hamas commanders are hiding in underground bunkers.

Hospitals... The IDF counters that the facilities are being “cynically” used as military bases by Hamas in a flagrant abuse of the conventions of war. Most agree that the Indonesian Hospital is empty now of patients and is simply being used by Hamas to wage war. Taking it down with an air strike to finish the fighting must surely be tempting, but the IDF knows that would hand its enemy a propaganda coup.

In the past week, Israeli commanders have produced video evidence showing how hospitals around Gaza are connected to the Hamas “Metro” – the network of underground tunnels and bunkers the group has built...

On Tuesday, it released footage of an air strike on a building close to the Al Quds hospital, where it claimed a number of Hamas operatives had hidden. The strike set off a major secondary explosion, which the IDF said indicated that a Hamas weapons store had been hit.

([https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world- news/2023/11/07/TELEMMGLPICT000355869764_16993947953340_trans_NvBQzQNjv4B qwBwu1L2eorE4h8CgqGiF4AD1aM0zGkmKQ8g-2fVrias.jpeg?imwidth=680] A Hamas tunnel unearthed by Israeli forces. Many such tunnels have been booby-trapped by the terror group, Israel says)

Meanwhile, Hamas said the Al Rantisi hospital in Gaza City was being evacuated after heavy shelling of nearby roads.

At one point on The Telegraph’s embed, the tempo of gun and mortar fire coming from the Indonesian Hospital increased and was answered with a massive blast from a nearby tank.

None of the soldiers flinched. They’re inured to it. “We’re making tapes so we have them to fall asleep with after the war,” joked one.

Lt Col Ido pressed home the asymmetric nature of the war, saying: “They are hiding inside schools. Just 10 minutes ago, we had a serious battle with a group of Hamas inside the school that they built tunnels in. They fill it with the IEDs. Now the leadership of this battalion is hiding inside the hospital.”

The hospital is empty, something Israeli forces have verified with drones and other “tactical measures”, he said, adding: “They are firing on us from this hospital. So I think the world should understand what we are dealing with … they are terrorists. Can you imagine the Israeli state or England or Germany putting rockets inside their cities, in the City of London?”

His colleague Lt Col Blich, reflected that, ultimately, the terror of Oct 7 and the war in Gaza may bring a lasting peace. He said it had deeply shocked everyone, Israelis and Palestinians alike.

“My hope is that out of all this tragedy people would come together and rebuild and finish all this,” he said. “Israel is not going anywhere. Jews are not going anywhere. Palestinians are not going anywhere. We need to find a way to coexist, otherwise it’s a nightmare for everyone.

“So hopefully out of this tragedy – and it is a tragedy – what we’ll see is a new Middle East or a new Israel or a new Palestine, whatever you want to call it. Something [positive] like what happened to Europe after the defeat of the Third Reich.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/07/hamas-fighters-laststand-gaza-hospital/

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Terror tunnel shafts, weapons found near Ferris wheel, university. IDF continues to find more proof of Hamas' exploitation of civilian areas for military purposes, use of human shields.

Israel National News, Nov 7, 2023, 7:16 PM (GMT+2)

As part of the ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the Paratroopers Brigade led a targeted operation in northern Gaza, during which the soldiers completed taking control of the area.

During the operation, soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade exposed the shaft of an underground tunnel adjacent to an amusement park. The soldiers then destroyed the shaft. In addition, in cooperation with soldiers of the Armored Corps from the divisional combat team of the 7th Brigade, an underground tunnel shaft and a weapons warehouse were found near a university, containing chemical materials, RPGs, Claymore mines and more.

"This is all further evidence of Hamas’ cynical use of the civilian population and various facilities as a human shield for its needs," the IDF stated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379889

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Terrorists reveal: This is how Hamas exploits hospitals and ambulances. In a recorded conversation, a Hamas terrorist operative can be heard telling a Gazan resident: 'I can leave with any ambulance I want.' Israel National News, Nov 8, 2023, 8:42 PM (GMT+2)

The IDF and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) have released evidence that shows how the Hamas terrorist organization exploits ambulances, hospitals, clinics, mosques, and schools for terrorist purposes.

The evidence also shows how Hamas uses ambulances to transfer weapons and terrorist operatives in the Gaza Strip.

In a recorded phone conversation revealed by the Military Intelligence Directorate, a Hamas terrorist operative can be heard telling a Gazan resident: “I can leave with any ambulance I want.”

In addition, the Shin Bet has released footage of interrogations of Hamas “Nukhba” terrorists who took part in the October 7th massacre in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip, who discuss the organization's use of hospitals and ambulances to benefit military activity. In the footage, the terrorists describe how “Al-Qassam (Brigades) have their own ambulances, some of which are located on the military base. The appearance of the ambulances is similar to the civilian ambulances so that they will not arouse suspicion or be bombed by Israel.”

One of the terrorists adds: “During combat, the ambulances are used, among other things, to evacuate fighters – commanders and operatives. They also transport food, cargo, and weapons in them because that is the safest way to transport them.”

They explain how “Most senior Hamas political and military officials are hiding in the hospitals, especially the Shifa Hospital. They take advantage of the hospitals so that they will not be bombed,” and how Hamas stores weapons and ammunition under schools.

"This is another example of how the Hamas terrorist organization exploits civilian infrastructure and uses civilians as human shields," the IDF stated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379973

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IDF uncovers weapons manufacturing site next to children's room.

IDF soldiers locate weapons production facility inside residential building, next to little girls' bedroom.

Israel National News, Nov 9, 2023, 10:37 AM IDF soldiers located a Hamas weapons production and storage facility inside a residential building, right next to a children's bedroom, an IDF source said While operating in Gaza, the soldiers discovered a Hamas weapons manufacturing and storage facility used to produce and store UAVs and weapons.

The site was located in a residential building, in close proximity to schools in the center of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza.

In the building, Hamas’ explosives and operational plans were found right next to a children's' bedroom.

([13] Children's room next to weapons manufacturing site). ([14] Weapons manufacturing - near a children's bedroom). ([15] Weapons parts - near a children's bedroom). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379997

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Week 5 - Live updates: IDF troops destroy terror tunnel shaft near UNWRA school Israel National News Nov 9, 2023, 9:58 AM https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379734

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IDF finds Hamas weapons factory next to Gazan children's bedroom By Tzvi Joffre. Published: November 9, 2023.

The IDF found a Hamas tunnel entrance placed near a kindergarten in northern Gaza on Thursday.

The IDF said that it had found a rocket and drone production site in the middle of a residential building in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza.

The building where the weapons productions site was located was also near schools. The IDF published footage showing the weapons storage site next to rooms where children sleep.

Israeli forces from the IDF's Nahal Brigade succeeded in taking over Hamas's Outpost 17 in western Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-772389 _

IDF online @idfonline: In a building in the heart of the Sheikh Radwan residential neighborhood in the north of the Gaza Strip and near schools, IDF soldiers located a site for the production and storage of remotely piloted aircraft and a weapon belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas... [16] [17] [18] https://twitter.com/idfonline/status/1722524884599713897

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U.S. News and World Report

Israel Military Says Misfired Militant Projectile Hit Shifa HospitalWorld NewsNewsHome Israel Military Says Misfired Militant Projectile Hit Shifa Hospital

By Reuters Nov. 10, 2023

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Friday that a misfired projectile launched by militant groups in Gaza had hit Shifa Hospital earlier in the day, dismissing reports that the blast was caused by an Israeli air strike. "An examination of IDF operational systems indicates that a misfired projectile launched by terrorist organizations inside the Gaza Strip hit the Shifa Hospital," the military said in statement.

"The misfired projectile was aimed at IDF troops operating in the vicinity," it added.

(Reporting by Maytaal Angel; Editing by Crispian Balmer). https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-11-10/israel-militarysays-misfired-militant-projectile-hit-shifa-hospital

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Hamas’s human shields: ‘Terrorists left the hospital with civilians’ IDF allows terrorists to leave Rantisi Hospital in Gaza to avoid harming Palestinian noncombatants, but later kills Hamas commander.

Yaakov Lappin (November 11, 2023 / JNS)

The Israel Defense Forces evacuated Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City and chose not to target Hamas terrorists leaving it with civilians on foot and in cars and ambulances, military officials said on Saturday. The decision was made to avoid harming Palestinian noncombatants.

The IDF said it worked with the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) to later kill the terrorist who held hostage approximately 1,000 Gaza residents at the same hospital.

“Based on precise IDF and ISA intelligence, and with the direction of IDF ground troops, IDF aircraft struck Ahmed Siam, a commander of the Naser Radwan Company of the Hamas terrorist organization. Two days ago, the IDF spokesperson exposed that Siam held hostage approximately 1,000 Gaza residents at the Rantisi Hospital and prevented them from evacuating southwards for their safety,” said the Israeli military.

“Ahmed Siam was killed while hiding in the Al Buraq school, where additional terrorists were found and were killed. Siam demonstrates once again that Hamas uses the civilians of the Gaza Strip as human shields for terror purposes,” added the IDF.

The head of the IDF’s Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, Col. Moshe Tetro, said on Saturday that “there is no shooting at [Shifa Hospital] and there is no siege. The east side of the hospital remains open. Additionally, we can coordinate [with] anyone who wants to leave the hospital safely.”

Nevertheless, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. (res.) Peter Lerner said on Saturday that hospitals would have to be evacuated in order to go after Hamas. Maj. (res.) Shay, an operations officer in the Givati Infantry Brigade, stated: “Our mission is to destroy Hamas by reaching its infrastructure and leaders and making sure that Oct. 7 never happens again.

“We’ve seen hundreds of terrorists in underground facilities, in schools, mosques and clinics,” said Shay. “We were in the security quarter in Gaza. We saw a rocket launching site and rocket manufacturing facility along with a tunnel entrance right next to a school.”

A Givati Brigade unit reached Rantisi Hospital this week and had been asking civilians to leave for three full days, calling the hospital director and distributing pamphlets, said Shay. The unit eventually realized Hamas was holding hostages in the facility.

At this point, soldiers approached the hospital, placing themselves at risk, to create an exit route for Palestinian civilians.

“For me, as the operations officer in the command room, I can tell you clearly, we saw terrorists in the hospital and among those evacuating from the hospital. They were using the civilians as a human shield,” said Shay.

“We had a huge dilemma. We looked to identify terrorists in the hospital, trying to figure out if we could use snipers, but we decided not to, firstly to avoid panic and also because it was so hard for us to identify,” he added.

“The overall decision was that attempting to reach terrorists in the hospital would do more harm than good,” said Shay. So the IDF allowed Hamas operatives to leave with civilians.

Terrorists still shot at civilians evacuating the hospital, Shay said.

Meanwhile, IDF ground troops killed numerous terrorists and struck infrastructure and weapons belonging to Hamas’s Zabra Tel Elhua Battalion.

Israeli soldiers also carried out raids that included extensive battles in the southern part of the Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood, in western Gaza City, where a significant number of Hamas terrorists were located.

“Since the beginning of the ground operation, the IDF has taken control of 11 military posts belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization,” the IDF stated Saturday.

Israeli troops identified and neutralized a suspicious vehicle rigged with explosives in a crucial transit area. They also discovered and destroyed an underground tunnel near a school. Forces identified a terrorist cell and directed an aerial strike, eliminating the threat.

The Israel Navy conducted operations against Hamas in northern Gaza, striking infrastructure and weapons depots. IDF infantry identified targets within the Al-Shati Camp, directing naval forces to execute strikes. Also on Saturday, the IDF and Shin Bet said they killed some 20 Gazabased terrorists who orchestrated attacks in Judea and Samaria and Israel proper.

On Saturday night, the IDF announced that five additional soldiers had been killed in action in Gaza, bringing the death toll since the launch of the ground operation two weeks ago to more than 40.

In the north, Israel Air Force fighter jets struck terror infrastructure belonging to Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Sirens signaled a possible hostile aircraft intrusion, but no breach was confirmed. A rocket launched towards Moshav Margaliot hit an open area, prompting IDF artillery fire at the source in Lebanon. Additionally, an Israeli drone hit a launch site that had targeted an IAF aircraft near the northern border.

In a televised speech on Saturday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah stated, “There are two incidents that are getting bigger, the first is the Israeli aggression against civilians in Gaza and the second is the heroic and large response by the Palestinian resistance against the enemy forces.

“Those who can stop the aggression are those who manage it—the United States. Those who manage, decide and conduct this battle are in the [Biden] administration. And all of the pressure should be directed at the Americans,” said Nasrallah. https://www.jns.org/we-saw-terrorists-leaving-the-hospital-withcivilians/

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IDF kills Hamas commander who held Gazans hostage at Al Rantisi Hospital Ahmed Siam was killed while hiding in a school. By Jerusalem Post Staff November 11, 2023

The IDF eliminated Ahmed Siam, a company commander of Hamas's Naser Radwan Company, the terrorist responsible for holding approximately 1,000 Gazan residents hostage in Gaza's Rantisi Hospital preventing them from evacuating south to safety, the IDF said on Saturday.

The assassination succeeded with the efforts of both the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency). Ground and air troops participated in the operation.

Siam was struck while hiding in a school IDF aircraft struck Siam two days ago, the IDF spokesperson said. He was killed while hiding in the "al Buraq" school, where additional terrorists under this command were also hiding and were killed.

"Siam demonstrates once again that Hamas uses the civilians of the Gaza Strip as human shields for terror purposes," the IDF said. Since the Swords of Iron war started on October 7, the IDF has killed numerous terrorists involved in the massacre and other leaders. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-772742

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Gallant: Tonight - the world got to see what we have known for years. Defense Minister on revelation that Hamas held hostages underneath a Gaza hospital: We will continue operating against Hamas - the ISIS of Gaza. Israel National News, Nov 13, 2023, 11:24 PM (GMT+2) Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday evening commented on the IDF’s revelation that Hamas held hostages under a hospital in the Gaza Strip.

“Tonight - the world got to see what we have known for years. The Hamas terrorist organization has cynically built a terror base underneath the ‘Rantisi’ hospital in Gaza, just as it does in additional hospitals and civilian institutions,” Gallant said.

“IDF troops revealed a Hamas command center underneath the hospital. Instead of finding medical equipment, they found ammunition, explosives, and clear signs that Israeli hostages had been held there - including babies,” he added.

“We will continue operating against Hamas - the ISIS of Gaza, and we will ensure that no terror base will be left untouched across Gaza. Any civilians located near such terror hotspots may be in danger and we call on them to evacuate to the safe zone in the southern region of Gaza,” the Defense Minister stressed. https://www.inn.co.il/news/380445

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WATCH: Video shows Hamas tunnel under Rantisi Hospital FOX News Videos Mon, November 13, 2023 at 3:44 PM EST https://finance.yahoo.com/video/watch-video-shows-hamas-tunnel- 204407120.html

T@)_ @malachovsky:

Only the Jews have to prove every single thing with 50 pieces of evidence and it will still be denied at large. They can provide an MRI, three videos cam with different angles, an explanation, Hamas calling his father to brag about how many people he killed, 20 photos, eyewitness testimony, DNA evidence, and it will still be denied by people like Cassandra McDonald, the filthy Jew hating douchebag. On the other hand Hamas ministry of health says it and it's gospel across the globe. Nov 13, 2023 https://twitter.com/malachovsky/status/1724220331919872400

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Palestinian Media Watch. Little girl tells the truth: Hamas is “underneath, in tunnels, and we – the victims who are dying – are civilians”.

Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Nov 22, 2023 Civilian in Gaza about Hamas: They are “hiding among the people… Let [them] go hide in Hell”

Hamas terror leader admitted in 2021 that they hide their military bases among civilians “in multistory buildings and in residential buildings”

“Children, the drunk, and the angry tell the truth,” goes the adage. This young Palestinian girl from Gaza certainly did so when she stressed the fact that members of the Hamas terror organization are hiding in tunnels, while they use civilians like her as human shields above ground:

Al-Mayadeen TV reporter: “What do you say to the resistance? They say that you are resistance fighters. You are children and [the Israelis] are killing you, and they say to the world that you are resistance fighters. What do you say to the Palestinian resistance?”

Girl: “They put the Arabs in danger. They are underneath, in tunnels, and we – the victims who are dying – are civilians.”

Posted text: “A reporter of the [Al-Mayadeen TV] channel that is affiliated with Hezbollah and Iran attempts to get a response in favor of Hamas out of the girl, but she told him the truth.” [“Yalla The Good News,” X (Twitter) account, Nov. 11, 2023]

Another Gazan civilian expressed similar anger at Hamas and the other terror organizations in the Gaza Strip who “hide among the people”:

Palestinian man: “Regarding the resistance hiding among the people – why is it hiding among the people? Let it go hide in Hell.”

The reporter abruptly ends the interview and moves away from the Palestinian man: [19]. Al-Jazeera TV reporter: “These are the testimonies from the civilians.” [Karim Gahin, X (Twitter) account, Nov. 14, 2023]

The previous video shows a live broadcast from Al-Jazeera TV, in which an Al-Jazeera TV reporter is interviewing a Palestinian man in a hospital in the Gaza Strip. When the reporter heard the man criticizing “the resistance” – a Palestinian euphemism for terror and the terror organizations – he moved away from the man, who tried to follow him to continue the interview. Apparently, his message is not one Al-Jazeera wants to broadcast.

Palestinian Media Watch has exposed that Hamas as a matter of policy uses civilians as human shields – in this war [20] and in previous ones [21]. Even PA Chairman Abbas’ Fatah Movement has criticized Hamas for endangering civilians by storing live ammunition in popular markets [22].

Truth is also said to come from “the horse’s mouth” – an authoritative source – and indeed, none other than Hamas terror leader Yahya Al-Sinwar admitted in 2021 that Hamas does indeed place “military and security bases among civilian residents,” including in “multistory buildings and in residential buildings and the like”:

Hamas terror leader Yahya Al-Sinwar: “Regarding the [Hamas] military and security bases that are located among civilian residents [in the Gaza Strip], this was a serious problem in the previous stages, and we and the resistance factions made efforts to carry out an operation of gradual movement and transfer of a large number of these bases from among the civilian residents, and we succeeded in carrying out a large portion of it. But there is still a portion that needs to be transferred, and Allah willing this operation will continue... We decided to transfer a large portion of the bases, especially those that are in multistory buildings and in residential buildings and the like.”

[Al-Jazeera Live, YouTube channel, June 6, 2021]

Yahya Al-Sinwar - Palestinian terrorist and senior member of the Hamas terror organization. Al-Sinwar was involved in the kidnapping and murder of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman in October 1994. Israeli soldier Nir Poraz was murdered during Israel's attempt to rescue Wachsman. Al-Sinwar was sentenced to 4 life sentences, but was released in the exchange deal for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011.

Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,200 Israelis, including over 1,000 civilians, were murdered and over 4,800 wounded, in addition to at least 244 (including 5 later released or liberated, 1 born in captivity, and 2 found murdered) who were abducted into the Gaza Strip, in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Occasional rocket launches and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war. https://palwatch.org/page/34781

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WATCH: Gaza resident criticizes Hamas on Al Jazeera, reporter turns away and ignores him. By Maariv Online, Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: November 15, 2023. A resident in Gaza publicly criticized Hamas during an interview on the Qatar-run news channel on Tuesday. In response, the reporter turned away and ignored his statement.

Since the outbreak of war since the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, much of the foreign media around the world has covered the war in a biased way and favored reports from the terrorist group. One of the networks that has received the most criticism from within Israel is the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network, which broadcasts non-stop from the Gaza Strip.

In a short interview that was broadcast on Al Jazeera Tuesday from the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza, a Gazan resident publicly criticized Hamas. "Why are the members of the organization hiding among the citizens?" the man asked.

Upon hearing the man’s statement, the Al Jazeera reporter of the network took the microphone and immediately changed the subject – presumably because the elderly wounded man dared to challenge the ruthless Hamas regime, which does not allow dissent against their rule... https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-773289

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IDF's Duvdevan Unit raids Hamas infrastructures, finds weapons in school. By Jerusalem Post Staff, 11/18/2023. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-773887

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The investigation of the terrorist of the Nuh'ba force | The terrorist reveals in the investigation: "Hamas operatives place civilians on the roof of the house so that the IDF does not shell".

New documentation from the investigation of one of the terrorists who carried out the massacre, shows how Hamas uses the residents of Gaza as a human shield • "Israel will see 20, 30 or 50 civilians - therefore it will not shell the house", he claimed • Former prosecutor Mandelblit explained how the death penalty could be imposed on The captured Noh'ba terrorists N12 | Published 11.18.23

New documentation from the investigation of a terrorist: a terrorist from the Nuh'ba force who was caught during the massacre on October 7 in Kibbutz Miflasim. The documentation reveals how Hamas operatives use the residents of Gaza as human shields to save themselves.

In the documentation uploaded to the account of network influencer Yosef Haddad on the social network X (formerly Twitter), the terrorist is seen saying:

[https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1725908870197825538/pu/img/M5YT 4KnaDDq_GaFK?format=jpg&name=900x900] [23]

"Citizens are being taken advantage of. For example, we have heard a lot that the house of a Hamas operative should be bombed, so Hamas operatives place civilians, the 'wretched of the people', on the roof of the house." . The terrorist also says in the documentation, "Israel will see 20, 30 or 50 civilians - therefore it will not bomb the house." Also, the terrorist says in the documentation that he knows of cases in which the residents of Gaza were exploited for the purposes of Hamas.

Another photo was published this evening that shows how Hamas uses civilians: soldiers documented how armed men hide among a group of children so that they would not be harmed. The photo came to News 12 through a military source. ([24] Terrorists in Gaza are surrounded by children who act as human shields) Earlier this evening, Avichai Mandelblit, the former Attorney General, spoke on "Meet the Press" regarding the death sentence for the terrorists in the October 7 attack: " This is the most shocking event at the most serious levels of crimes against humanity and it is probably genocide. Therefore, there is no question . I can present four formats of imposing the death penalty. Even in a district court it is possible to reach these crimes."

Mandelblit added in an interview with Amit Segal and Lev Caspit, "If the prosecution asks for the death penalty - and it is justified to ask for the death penalty - the court will impose the death penalty. It is possible to re-establish the military court in Lod that was frozen. If terrible things happen - we will bring it back. This is the worst thing that has happened to us from the beginning of Zionism". https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/6361323ddea5a810/Articlecbb96176383eb81027.htm

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Fortified terror tunnel exposed underneath Gaza's Al Shifa hospital complex. Yoav Zitun, YNet, Nov 19, 2023. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hywtiapep

WATCH: Fortified Terror Tunnel Exposed Underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza. By Jewish Press News Desk - 7 Kislev 5784 – November 19, 2023 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/hamas/watch-fortifiedterror-tunnel-exposed-underneath-shifa-hospital-in-gaza/2023/11/19/

Israel: 55-Meter Fortified Tunnel Found Under Shifa Hospital. November 19, 2023 6:06 PM VOA News. An opening to a tunnel that, according to Israel's military, was used by Palestinian militants under Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip as seen in this screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Israel Defense Forces, Nov. 19, 2023. An opening to a tunnel that, according to Israel's military, was used by Palestinian militants under Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip as seen in this screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Israel Defense Forces, Nov. 19, 2023. https://www.voanews.com/a/israel-55-meter-fortified-tunnel-found-undershifa-hospital-/7361540.html

Israel War Room @IsraelWarRoom: Joint IDF and ISA announcement: Fortified Terror Tunnel Exposed Underneath the Shifa Hospital Complex Based on IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF troops exposed a 55-meter-long terror tunnel 10 meters deep underneath the Shifa Hospital complex. A deep staircase leads to the entrance of the tunnel shaft, which consists of various defense means including a blast-proof door and a firing hole. This type of door is used by the Hamas terrorist organization to block Israeli forces from entering the command centers and the underground assets belonging to Hamas. The tunnel shaft was uncovered in the area of the hospital underneath a shed alongside a vehicle containing numerous weapons including RPGs, explosives, and Kalashnikov rifles. IDF and ISA forces are continuing to uncover the route of the tunnel. Nov 19, 2023. [25] [26] https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1726286176598790429

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Detained Gaza terrorist says Hamas hid as hospital staff in Al Shifa. Yoav Zitun, Ynet. November 20, 2023:

The IDF reported on Monday that over 300 terrorists from different groups have been apprehended and brought to Israel for interrogation since the beginning of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

These interrogations, led by Unit 504 of the Intelligence Corps, which specializes in operating undercover agents, have provided substantial and valuable information aiding forces on the ground and leading to strikes against numerous terrorist targets.

To highlight the significance of these interrogations, the army released footage from the questioning of three detained terrorists. In the footage, one terrorist confesses to Israeli investigators that not only Hamas but also Palestinian Islamic Jihad members were active in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. He revealed that some even disguised themselves as medical staff, a fact known to the hospital’s staff, who were “angry about it” but seemingly took no action.

Another terrorist told investigators that terrorists concealed rockets in mattresses in the Palestine Red Crescent building, where a large number of displaced Gazans were staying, and decried Hamas’ practice of using civilians as “human shields.”

A third detainee informed his interrogators of terrorist activities at Al Rantisi Hospital and what he referred to as the “Swedish hospital” in Gaza, likely alluding to a clinic in the city. He observed around 100 “organized” terrorists in several groups near Al Rantisi Hospital. He reported that these terrorists used hospitals as bases for launching attacks while disguised in civilian clothing… https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bybdsbtnt

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Hamas has command node under Al-Shifa hospital, US official says. By Jake Tapper, CNN Updated 11:22 PM EST, Mon November 13, 2023

02:41 - Source: CNN Israeli forces surround biggest Palestinian hospital CNN — A US official with knowledge of American intelligence says Hamas has a command node under the Al-Shifa hospital, uses fuel intended for it and its fighters regularly cluster in and around Gaza’s largest hospital.

The information comes after comments made Sunday by a top White House official that Hamas is using hospitals and civilian facilities.

“You can see even from open-source reporting that Hamas does use hospitals, along with a lot of other civilian facilities, for commandand-control, for storing weapons, for housing its fighters,” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on CNN’s State of the Union. “Without getting into this specific hospital or that specific claim, this is Hamas’ track record, both historically and in this conflict.”

02:09 - Source: CNN Tapper presses national security adviser about 600 Americans trapped in Gaza Israel has insisted it is justified in taking military action around the hospital, despite criticism from the UN and other international organizations. The Israeli government announced it has created evacuation corridors and called for the removal of civilians, in addition to providing fuel. https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/politics/al-shifa-hospital-usintelligence/index.html

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US says it has intelligence Hamas has used Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital to hold hostages

White House spokesman John Kirby made the claim, followed by the Pentagon.

By Justin Gomez, Luis Martinez and Shannon K. Crawford November 14, 2023 https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-intelligence-hamas-gazas-alshifa-hospital-hold/story?id=104887035

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IS says it has intelligence Hamas has used Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital to hold hostages

White House spokesman John Kirby made the claim, followed by the Pentagon.

By Justin Gomez, Luis Martinez and Shannon K. Crawford. AP. November 14, 2023 https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-intelligence-hamas-gazas-alshifa-hospital-hold/story?id=104887035

U.S. backs Israel's claim that Hamas used Al-Shifa as command center. The White House says it has intelligence that shows Hamas was using Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital as a "command and control node," according to Warren Strobel, a national security reporter at The Wall Street Journal who joins CBS News with his latest reporting on the Israel-Hamas war. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-backs-israel-claim-hamas-al-shifacommand-center/

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Hamas has command center at Gaza hospital: White House. San Francisco (AFP) – Palestinian militants have a command center at AlShifa hospital in Gaza, the White House said Tuesday, backing up a key Israeli justification for military moves on the facility. Issued on: 15/11/2023 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231114-hamas-has-command-centerat-gaza-hospital-white-house

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Hamas Stored Weapons, Military Comms Gear in Al-Shifa Hospital, IDF Video Reveals By Ari Blaff, November 15, 2023 https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hamas-stored-weapons-military-commsgear-in-al-shifa-hospital-idf-video-reveals/

IDF publishes evidence of weapons found inside Shifa Hospital’s MRI center By Emanuel Fabian, November 15, 2023 -11-15_at_17.53.35-640x400.jpeg https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-publishes-evidence-ofweapons-found-inside-shifa-hospitals-mri-center/

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IDF finds AK47 hidden behind MRI scanner in Gaza hospital raid 15 November 2023 • 10:03pm

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, spokesman for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) exhibited the weapons he claimed belonged to Hamas in video footage purportedly taken inside the hospital.

Other pictures show guns, ammunition and body armour which the IDF said were also found in the raid by its elite Shaldag unit and 36th division.

“These findings unequivocally prove that the hospital was used for terror, in complete violation of international law,” spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said...

7:07pm Watch: IDF 'blows up Gaza government building'

5:04pm Israel withdraws from Al Shifa hospital

1:57pm BBC apologises as presenter says Israel is 'targeting medical staff and Arab speakers'

12:41pm Watch: IDF soldiers on the grounds of Al Shifa hospital

11:55am UN chief: Hamas must not use hospital as 'shield' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/15/israel-gaza-latestnews-updates-hamas-palestine-day-40-live/

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Initial IDF search of Al-Shifa Hospital reveals Hamas weapons, intelligence materials, military equipment.

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By Ruth Marks Eglash, November 16, 2023. https://jewishinsider.com/2023/11/al-shifa-hospital-hamas-weaponsintelligence-israeli-army/

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IDF reveals entrance to Hamas tunnel, weapons cache found in Shifa Hospital complex. Troops also locate a Hamas pickup truck with weapons in it, similar to those used in October 7 attacks; Gallant says military has moved on to 'next phase' of operation By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff 16 November 2023 https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-has-clear-information-linkingshifa-hospital-to-hamas-held-hostages/

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Tunnel Found Under Al Shifa Hospital Complex

Tunnel Found Plus: Hospital shafts, poetry holes, Osama bin Laden, Randi Weingarten, and more... Liz Wolfe | 11.17.2023

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Under the hospital: Select journalists were allowed into the Al Shifa Hospital complex yesterday by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), where they were shown what is purportedly evidence of Hamas operations at and underneath the hospital.

On hospital grounds, there was a concrete and stone shaft that reportedly goes deep underground, with stairs and electrical wires. The IDF believes this is evidence of what they've long known—that Hamas operates out of this hospital, using civilians as human shields, and that tunnels beneath it are critical to the terrorist group's plots. IDF troops have not descended into the tunnel, yet, because of fear of booby traps, but have investigated via drones to try to suss out what lies deep beneath the surface.

Col. Elad Tsury, the commander of Israel's Seventh Brigade, "acknowledged the pressure on Israel to show evidence of Hamas activity at the hospital," according to the New York Times, "but said it might be days before troops descended the shaft."

Tsury also said that "soldiers were methodically searching the complex and had discovered weapons, explosives and computers, as well as the body of an Israeli hostage in a nearby building." The body of another hostage was found earlier today on the hospital grounds. https://reason.com/2023/11/17/tunnel-found/_

US 'still convinced' Hamas used Al-Shifa as command center as Israeli raid continues By Shannon K. Crawford and Molly Nagle ABC News Friday, November 17, 2023 https://abc7news.com/us-still-convinced-hamas-used-al-shifa-as-commandcenter-as-israe/14074619/

Behind the Blast Door: Hamas Terrorist Base Under a Hospital. Israel Defense Forces. Nov 22, 2023 IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari reveals a hidden Hamas terrorism base beneath Gaza's largest hospital—stark proof of Hamas' direct threat to innocent lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUBxjB2NFMU

Israel Defense Forces @IDF: A first look into Hamas’ underground city, underneath the Shifa Hospital complex: Nov 22, 2023. https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1727387582378688562

'Post' joins Israeli forces in Hamas's Gaza tunnel underworld. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/gaza-news/article-774624 This was the first time a reporter from the Jerusalem Post crossed into Gaza since the IDF withdrawal in 2005. By Yonah Jeremy Bob, November 22, 2023

The IDF on Wednesday brought The Jerusalem Post and selected other media outlets to view Hamas’s terror infrastructure at Al Shifa Hospital, especially its several-hundred-meter tunnel network, up close.

This was the first time that a reporter from the Post had crossed into Gaza since the IDF withdrawal in 2005, and it brought up close everything the IDF had found since November 15 that Hamas had tried desperately to hide at Shifa Hospital.

Laid out next to the Qatar facility within the Shifa complex was a vast amount not only of Hamas guns and grenades which the IDF found hidden throughout the hospital, but also rocket-propelled grenade launchers, large and small advanced drones for delivering explosives, and a variety of sophisticated intelligence platforms.

JPost enters the depths of Hamas's terror tunnels.

The vastness of the tunnel itself, with the Post viewing a variety of sophisticated rooms and the blast door which the IDF displayed earlier this week, was testimony to how important this location was to Hamas.

Among the rooms was a spacious bedroom with two large beds and a large modern air conditioning unit, a kitchenette, a bathroom, and other facilities, as well as extensive plumbing and electrical wiring to enable all of the infrastructure.

(nter,h_537,w_822/564958 The entrance to an underground terror tunnel at Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip)

Two members of the IDF’s special Yahalom unit for uncovering tunnels and IDF Chief Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Daniel Hagari described the process of discovering the tunnel as a “huge riddle.”

They had intelligence about Hamas’s tunnel network at Shifa Hospital long before arriving at the site. However, not only is the hospital site immense, with an extensive number of spread-out buildings and courtyards, but also, they said, they had found signs that Hamas went out of its way to cover up and fill in the already well-concealed tunnels once they suspected that the IDF might take control of Shifa.

([28] IDF reveals comprehensive footage of Hamas's 55-meter-long tunnel under Al-Shifa Hopsital in Gaza).

This meant that the Yahalom unit had to survey and inspect a large amount of land and courtyards around and between the Shifa Hospital buildings.

An initial breakthrough came on November 17 when the IDF destroyed a small structure that looked suspicious and was able to find one of the shafts and entrances to the greater tunnel network under the rubble of that structure.

The IDF showed the Post where the structure had previously stood and the initial shaft of the tunnel which they found, including the unusual spiral staircase which the IDF had presented at a press conference.

However, only several days later were they able to locate the more important part of the tunnel network, including all of the specialized rooms, likely used by Hamas battalion commanders.

Part of the delay was due to the priority of searching room-to-room for Hamas terrorists, weapons, intelligence, and anything linked to hostages or murdered Israelis.

Another delay came when the IDF announced on November 19 that it had arrived at a blast door whose breach required great care if troops were not to lose the opportunity to follow the tunnel beyond the door.

(nter,h_537,w_822/564765 A blast door breached by the IDF in a tunnel under Shifa hospital in Gaza).

The Post was able to see the broken door and the hundreds of additional meters of the Hamas tunnel network beyond that point.

A taste of Hamas's Shifa secrets

The extensive weapons that IDF Col. Elad Tzuri presented were, he said, just a taste of what Hamas had hidden throughout the Shifa Hospital complex, considering that all the displayed weapons were only found in the last 48 hours.

This meant that all of the weapons, military equipment, and intelligence material that the IDF seized and publicized to the world in the early days of the Shifa-Hamas discoveries, including those hidden behind an MRI machine, were located in another area.

Tzuri said, “These items were found both in indoor and outdoor common areas – courtyards of the hospital as well as in patients’ rooms, and some in the vehicles of Hamas’s Nukbeh [elite] unit,” which were found on the hospital’s grounds.

(nter,h_537,w_822/564955 Hamas weaponry found in Al-Shifa Hospital by Israeli forces)

Further, Tzuri noted that the IDF had found RPGs, improvised explosive devices, grenades, guns, drones, and materials used by Hamas naval commandos.

The IDF colonel said that Hamas had been completely rooted out of the Shifa area which was once one of its top locations, but that there were still pockets of Hamas resistance in other parts of northern Gaza.

Tzuri admitted that until he was given the order to go into Shifa, he had never imagined he would set foot on such a key Hamas command center, but added that he felt it was an honor to have been given the mission “to allow future generations of our children to live securely.”

In addition, Tzuri emphasized how the initial Hamas tunnel shaft discovered was near the outside of the Shifa complex, whereas the other end of the tunnel with the extensive rooms, was right next to the Qatari facility deep within the complex.

Hagari pointed out to the Post a spot some 50 meters away where the body of hostage Noa Marciano was found concealed after Hamas killed her.

IDF Maj. “D.” of the special forces Maglan Unit described to the Post special orders and training that he and his unit were given for handling medical staff and patients as they took control of the complex.

Senior IDF officials have emphasized that they were deeply involved in ensuring that Maglan soldiers had extra restrictive rules of engagement when entering the complex, which Hagari said on Tuesday had contributed to not a single civilian being killed during the IDF’s operation to take control.

D. said, “On Tuesday we were given responsibility for taking control of Shifa, along with IDF Brigade 7 and other units... the first mission was to take control. He also said that they worked with the Yahalom Unit to uncover tunnels.

The second mission had a technological focus, to bring as much information as possible to our defense establishment” for additional efforts against Hamas and for locating hostages.”

“The third mission was a humanitarian one,” D. said, detailing the provision of medical care, food, and water to patients who have not been able to evacuate, adding that his forces regularly interact with Palestinian civilians in the hospital, appointing a liaison for each facility to ensure orderly responses to the civilians’ needs.

Further, D said, “We enable the IDF to make progress without harming any civilians,” as well as providing specific intelligence to defense officials “to bring the hostages home.”

Asked about fighting related to Shifa, D said that they had not encountered resistance within the hospital, but he revealed that the IDF utilized a mixture of his forces and tanks on site to kill the five Hamas terrorists who tried to prevent the initial IDF intervention as Israeli forces were first entering.

(nter,h_537,w_822/564954 The underground tunnel system below Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza).

The Post entered Shifa after crossing five or six checkpoints coming in from Kibbutz Be’eri near the border.

Initially, the journey was in jeeps across the no-man’s land fences between Israel and Gaza, which Hamas had bulldozed to carry out its October 7 massacre.

Next, there was a stage of crossing through the northern Gaza outskirts, with some “built-up” areas, though, since the war, all of these areas were destroyed, with mere shells of houses and buildings left in what has become a wasteland.

No Palestinians were to be seen anywhere in any of these areas, though the Post witnessed around 1,000 IDF troops split mostly into units of 1050 in a variety of locations, along with tanks, D9s, and many other vehicles.

Eventually, the Post came to the famed Gaza beach area, which clearly once boasted fancy hotels, children’s attractions, and the full range of beach life.

All of that was shattered and steamrolled by the war.

(nter,h_537,w_822/564956 Ruins of the area near Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip).

After some minutes driving along the Gaza beach, the Post entered the highly armored “Nimarim” which sources say have been able to take hits by five to eight Hamas anti-tank missiles and continue on their missions.

The armored vehicles have no regular windows for the approximately eight passengers, except one which can be opened on top and which the IDF forces opened once, they said, in order to better navigate a narrow area without crashing. Mostly, the driver navigates with help from an additional soldier who has a highly sophisticated camera that shows the street ahead and behind.

The noise from the Nimarim was intense, but it felt more secure when entering the heart of Gaza City where Shifa is located.

On the way out of Gaza, the bleakness of what was left of Gaza City stood out starkly since some of the initial fear of what would greet us at Shifa had subsided and it was easier to look directly at the multi-year challenge of what rebuilding Gaza will look like... whenever the war is over and the future fate of Gaza is decided. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/gaza-news/article-774624

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Troops in Gaza find dozens of rockets under UNRWA boxes. By Emanuel Fabian. Times Of Israel. December 2, 2023. ([https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2023/12/7b1dfb73-d3ce- 4fc7-b3b0-bf2fb92732fd-640x400.jpg] Dozens of rockets found by Israeli troops inside a residential home in northern Gaza, December 2, 2023).

The Israel Defense Forces says troops operating in the northern Gaza Strip have located dozens of rockets hidden under boxes with UNRWA markings in a residential home, and other weaponry belonging to Hamas.

Troops of the 7007th Reserve Battalion were searching a home in a neighborhood when they found a room full of boxes bearing the logo of the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees.

Underneath the boxes, dozens of rockets, mortars and other explosives were found, the IDF says.

Separately, troops of the 414th combat intelligence collection unit operating in a home in northern Gaza found grenades, weapon parts and other military equipment inside a child’s bedroom, the IDF says. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/troops-in-gaza-find-dozensof-rockets-under-unrwa-boxes/

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Documentation: IDF forces located and destroyed an operational shaft in a school in the northern Gaza Strip. The fighters, in cooperation with special forces, worked to neutralize the underground infrastructure, secured and isolated the area north of the Jabalia camp. Channel 7, 12.2.23. https://www.inn.co.il/news/621812

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Troops in Gaza find dozens of rockets under UNRWA boxes. By Emanuel Fabian, 2 December 2023. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/troops-in-gaza-find-dozensof-rockets-under-unrwa-boxes/

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IDF says troops uncovered weapons cache hidden in child’s bedroom in Gaza City. By Emanuel Fabian, 26 December 2023. ...In one of the homes, the troops found dozens of assault rifles, grenades, and RPGs in a children’s bedroom. “These findings are another example of the attempt by the Hamas terror organization to hide weapons and terror activity under civilian cover,” the IDF says. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-troops-uncoveredweapons-cache-hidden-in-childs-bedroom-in-gaza-city/

In interrogation, ex-Hamas operative says group uses Gaza civilians as human shields. Suspects captured by troops in Gaza Strip detail incidents of Hamas's use of civilians for terror operations, including one in which group forced men to hospital to hide among them By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff. Times Of Israel. 2 January 2024. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-interrogation-ex-hamas-operative-saysgroup-uses-gaza-civilians-as-human-shields/

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Exclusive: IDF troops find terrorist tunnel in child's bedroom. i24NEWS receives exclusive footage from troops showing a Hamas tunnel found underneath a child's bedroom desk in Gaza. Matthias Inbar, Defense Correspondent, i24NEWS, Jan 10, 2024. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/1704901646-hamas-weaponsfound-concealed-in-baby-s-crib-in-gaza

A Tunnel Offers Clues to How Hamas Uses Gaza's Hospitals. The New York Times. Feb 12, 2024 — Al-Shifa, Israeli officials have argued, is an example of Hamas's willingness to use hospitals as cover and turn civilians into human shields. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/12/world/middleeast/gazatunnel-israel-hamas.html

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Hamas uses civilians as human shields, Gazan journalist states By Jerusalem Post Staff. 02/15/2024. Saftawi says it's the first time in a decade that he's been able to speak on this publicly. Gaza-based journalist Jehad Saftawi said on Tuesday that the Hamas terrorist organization indeed uses civilians as human shields in the war against Israel.

"Hamas terrorists used my family and hundreds of our neighbors as human shields. Hamas continues to hold the people of Gaza captive," Saftawi posted on X. "There should be no reconstruction of my family's home while a stockpile of weapons lies underneath. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787028

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Holding human shields: IDF's Hagari reveals Hamas abuse of Shifa. By Sam Halpern. 03/25/2024 — Hamas is holding civilians, including medical staff, as human shields in Gaza's Shifa Hospital while simultaneously targeting the medical institution. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-793576

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Senator Vance Blasts President Biden’s “incoherent” Handling Of Israelhamas War. May 12, 2024:

... ‘why are Palestinian civilian casualties so high?’ It’s because Hamas started the war and now, they hide behind Palestinian civilians. So if you want to learn the lessons of the last 40 years, the most important thing is we have to defeat Hamas as a viable military organization. You’re never going to defeat the ideology of Hamas, but you can root out those commanders, those final military-trained battalions, and I think you should empower the Israelis to do it. https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-vance-blastspresident-bidens-incoherent-handling-of-israel-hamas-war/

State Dept stresses no conclusion on Israel's possible international law. violations after critical report State Department spokesman Vedant Patel rips Hamas' track record of "colocating' with infrastructure, 'using civilians as human shields'. By Danielle Wallace. Fox News. May 13, 2024. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-dept-stresses-no-conclusionisrael-possible-international-law-violations-critical-report

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Watch: Hamas terrorists firing at civilians at UNRWA compound near Rafah. IDF conveyed the findings to UN officials

i24NEWS, May 14, 2024 https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-watch-hamas-terroristsfiring-at-civilians-at-unrwa-compound-near-rafah

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Hamas denies patients treatment, Gazans don't support them, foreign volunteer doctor reveals Dr. Baxtiyar Baram, who volunteered in northern Gaza says only 10% of people back Hamas, but the group continues to have control. By Seth J. Frantzman. JPost. 05/29/2024 https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-804116

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In A Child's Bedroom: IDF locates rocket and mortar cache in Rafah. Israel National News. Jun 3, 2024, 5:29 PM https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391008

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Rafah operation: IDF finds tunnel shaft in child's bedroom | PHOTOS. The Israeli army released pictures of weapons found during its counterterror operation in Rafah. i24NEWS, June 06, 2024 https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-rafah-operation-idffinds-tunnel-shaft-in-child-s-bedroom-photos

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WATCH: IDF soldiers find weapons in baby crib in Rafah. By Jerusalem Post Staff, June 7, 2024 Nahal Brigade soldiers discover weapons in a house in Rafah, Gaza Strip, June 7, 2024. (IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The soldiers fought in close-quarter battles with armed terrorists above and below ground. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-805359

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Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas military leader in Gaza, greeted supporters at a 2021 rally. Ahmed Deeb for The Wall Street Journal By Summer Said and Rory Jones. WSJ. June 10, 2024 .

For months, Yahya Sinwar has resisted pressure to cut a ceasefire-andhostages deal with Israel. Behind his decision, messages the Hamas military leader in Gaza has sent to mediators show, is a calculation that more fighting—and more Palestinian civilian deaths—work to his advantage. “We have the Israelis right where we want them,” Sinwar said in a recent message to Hamas officials seeking to broker an agreement with Qatari and Egyptian officials. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-chiefs-brutal-calculationcivilian-bloodshed-will-help-hamas-626720e7 Hamas’s Sinwar said to laud high civilian death toll in Gaza as ‘necessary sacrifice’ Wall Street Journal report details. messages to interlocutors in which Gazan terror chief exalts Palestinian deaths as helping increase pressure on Israel By ToI Staff. Times Of Israel. 11 June 2024. https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamass-sinwar-said-to-laud-high-civiliandeath-toll-in-gaza-as-necessary-sacrifice/

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IDF identifies terror launches from humanitarian shelters in Gaza Strip. Jerusalem Post Staff, June 15, 2024. Terror organizations in the Gaza Strip launched five projectiles from a Humanitarian Area in central Gaza toward the area of Kibbutz Kissufim on Friday, the IDF revealed on Saturday. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-806315

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Israel rejects UN explanation for 'Hamas’ use of human shields’ excluded from report. Virginia Gamba, special representative to the U.N. secretary-general, told JNS that word count limits left no space to mention that the terror organization embeds deliberately among civilians. Israel National News, Jun 19, 2024, 2:01 PM (GMT+3) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391780

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IDF says it struck rocket launcher stationed inside Gazan ‘humanitarian zone.’ 2 reservists killed fighting in Strip * Blinken stresses Lebanon deescalation during meet with Hanegbi, Dermer * Top US diplomat said to suggest Israel poised to attack Hezbollah. By TOI Staff. 21 June, 2024, 4:41 am https://www.timesofisrael.com/hosting-pms-aides-blinken-stresses-need-tosurge-gaza-aid-plan-for-post-war-governance/

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IDF destroys launch site placed in humanitarian zone, escalates operations in Rafah. Jerusalem Post, June 21, 2024:

The IDF destroyed a launch site on Thursday that was placed inside a humanitarian zone in Khan Yunis by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and has continued its operations in Rafah, the IDF announced on Friday morning.

The launch site was placed inside a shelter located in the humanitarian zone. The Israeli Air Force then struck it from an aircraft. The IDF emphasized that before the strike, various measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians. “Terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip continue to place weapons and terrorist infrastructure amid the civilian population, endangering them and using them as a human shield,” the IDF said.

Additionally, the IDF said that troops have been continuing to operate in the area of Rafah and have been working to eliminate terrorists there in close-quarters combat, conducting “precise, intelligence-based” actions in the area.

Residents in the area said that Israelis appeared to be trying to complete their capture of Rafah, the city on the enclave’s southern edge that has been the focus of an Israeli assault since early May…. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-807149

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IDF attacks terrorists based in a school in Khan Yunis. By Jerusalem Post Staff, June 27, 2024.

The IDF attacked terrorists who were in a school complex in Khan Younis, which served as a command center for Hamas terrorists, the IDF announced Thursday.

Israel Air Force fighter jets, directed by the Southern Command, attacked terrorists who were in the "Al-Hasana" school complex in the Khan Younis area. Hamas terrorists planned, directed, and executed numerous terrorist operations while based at the school.

According to the IDF, the attack used precise ammunition, and several efforts were made to avoid, as much as possible, harming uninvolved civilians. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-807983

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A kilometer-long tunnel and a mosque full of firecrackers were destroyed in the Gaza Strip. Documentation. The only reserve division in the Gaza Strip has been fighting for the past few months in the area of the central corridor of the Gaza Strip.

By Tzipora Simantov • 01.07.24 • 25 Sivan, 5784.

([https://www.now14.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WhatsApp_Image_2024- 06-27_at_12.29.30-768x513.jpeg] A kilometer-long tunnel was destroyed: dozens of terrorists killed and more than 100 terrorist infrastructures destroyed | Photo: IDF spokesman).

Terrorism under the auspices of religion:

Division 99, the only reserve division in the Gaza Strip, has been fighting for the past few months in the area of the central corridor of the Gaza Strip. During the fighting, a kilometer-long tunnel was destroyed, dozens of terrorists were eliminated and more than 100 terrorist infrastructures were destroyed. In addition, the forces attacked a mosque, which was a place of stay and fortification for the terrorists.

During the division's fighting, the "Alexandroni" and "Hazaken" brigade combat teams eliminated dozens of terrorists and destroyed more than 100 terrorist infrastructures, military depots, observation posts, launch pits and underground tunnel routes. In cooperation with the forces of the Yahalom unit, the forces destroyed a terrorist tunnel with a length of one kilometer which included branches that were used for the movement of terrorists in the area. https://www.now14.co.il/?p=973054

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IAF strikes terrorists operating in UNRWA schools. IDF says Hamas terrorists used 2 schools in Gaza City area as hideouts from which its operatives planned, directed, and carried out numerous terror attacks against IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip. Israel National News. Jul 4, 2024, 4:11 PM The IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced Thursday afternoon that earlier today, the IAF struck terrorists who operated from UNRWA schools in the area of Gaza City- the "Alqahirah" School in Al-Furqan, and the "Musa" School in Daraj Tuffah.

The IDF stated that the schools were used as hideouts for terrorists and as an active operational infrastructure of the Hamas terrorist organization, from which its operatives planned, directed, and carried out numerous terror attacks against IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip.

Prior to the strike, a number of steps were taken to mitigate harm to uninvolved civilians, including conducting aerial surveillance, using precise munition, and additional intelligence measures.

"The Hamas terrorist organization systematically violated international law, exploiting civilian structures and populations as human shields for its terror attacks against the State of Israel," the IDF stated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392555

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IDF kills dozens of terrorists hiding in UNRWA schools, increase attacks in Shejaia. The IDF found dozens of terrorists to be hiding in UNRWA schools and eliminated the facilities along with other Hamas. By Jerusalem Post Staff. 06/28/2024. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-808147

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IDF issues evacuation orders, strikes Khan Yunis after Hamas rocket barrage. The IDF took preventive measures to mitigate harm to uninvolved civilians, enabling civilians to evacuate from the area on time, the military said. By Rikki Zagelbaum. JPost. 07/02/2024. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-808648

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IDF strikes Hamas terrorists operating from UNRWA school in central Gaza Strip. By Jerusalem Post Staff. 07/06/2024 09:59 PM Earlier on Saturday, the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck several terrorists operating in structures located in the area of UNRWA's Al-Jaouni School in the central Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Saturday.

The IDF noted they operated based on IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) intelligence. They also noted that the location served as an operational infrastructure and hideout from which attacks were carried out against IDF soldiers.

The IDF stated that prior to the strike, they carried out steps to mitigate risk to civilian harm, including use of precise aerial surveillance and intelligence. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-809178

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Hamas hiding among civilians in Gaza to protect itself, ambush IDF troops, NYT reports. Terror group uses children to lure soldiers into false sense of security as it hides underground, waiting to spring carefully laid traps; tunnels have landline phone network. By TOI Staff. 13 July 2024, 11:31 pm https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-hiding-among-civilians-in-gaza-to-protect-itself-ambush-idf-troops-report/

@ElderOfZiyon: It only took 8 months for the @NYTimes to report what anyone who watches Hamas' own videos has seen from the start. And it was nice enough to mention that this is a violation of international law. Buried in PARAGRAPH 56. Newspaper of record, folks. July 13, 2024. [29] https://twitter.com/elderofziyon/status/1812302767521689923 How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza: Tunnels, Traps and Ambushes. By Patrick Kingsley, Natan Odenheimer, Aaron Boxerman, Adam Sella and Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, July 13, 2024. Hamas overwhelmed Israel’s border in October with a coordinated, largescale maneuver before committing atrocities. Now, it acts as a guerrilla force, its fighters often disguised as civilians.

They hide under residential neighborhoods, storing their weapons in miles of tunnels and in houses, mosques, sofas — even a child’s bedroom — blurring the boundary between civilians and combatants.

They emerge from hiding in plainclothes, sometimes wearing sandals or tracksuits before firing on Israeli troops, attaching mines to their vehicles, or firing rockets from launchers in civilian areas.

They rig abandoned homes with explosives and tripwires, sometimes luring Israeli soldiers to enter the booby-trapped buildings by scattering signs of a Hamas presence.

Through eight months of fighting in Gaza, Hamas’s military wing — the Qassam Brigades — has fought as a decentralized and largely hidden force, in contrast to its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which began with a coordinated large-scale maneuver in which thousands of uniformed commandos surged through border towns and killed roughly 1,200 people…. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/world/middleeast/hamas-gaza-israel-fighting.html

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Who's to blame for civilian casualties in Gaza yesterday AND EVERY DAY SINCE OCT. 7? Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Jul 14, 2024. Hamas, and only Hamas, is to blame for every death since Oct. 7. July 14, 2024. Even PA Chairman Abbas' advisor criticizes Hamas for using Palestinians as human shields. When Israel managed to rescue 4 hostages held by Hamas in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in June 2024, the PA cried “massacre on civilians” because some Palestinian civilians were killed along with numerous Hamas terrorists who attacked the Israeli soldiers during the rescue operation. (See below)

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, has since admitted that Hamas were using Gazan civilians as human shields when they chose to hide the Israeli hostages in a “simple civilian infrastructure”:

Abbas’ advisor Al-Habbash: “The Israeli occupation forces committed an additional massacre at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip (ie., refers to Operation Arnon in which 4 Israeli hostages were freed). Hundreds of civilians fell as Martyrs and wounded... This is a refugee camp. The infrastructure there is a simple civilian one. It has a very large population density…”

BBC Arabic TV host: “The Israeli army spokesperson and senior Israeli officials all claimed that the killing of the civilians in Nuseirat is Hamas’ responsibility. They say that Hamas is the one that hid the Israeli detainees (i.e., hostages) in a crowded refugee camp, therefore it is the one that bears the responsibility.” ...

Al-Habbash: “Let no one understand me as defending Hamas’ policy, I’m the first who criticizes it... The responsibility falls first of all and before everything [else] on the cause for all these disasters that are befalling the region, and it is the existence of the Israeli occupation. If there were no occupation (i.e., no Israel) there would be no Hamas, there would be no resistance, and there would be no violence... Releasing the Israeli hostages or Israeli captives is an excuse. Just like everything that happened on Oct. 7 was an excuse for Israel to spill the Palestinian people’s blood... The Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is unfortunately between the rock of Israel and the hard place of Hamas.” [PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, June 9, 2024]

Palestinian Media Watch has documented the PA’s criticism of Hamas, accusing them of serving their “Iranian masters” and not caring one bit about the Palestinian people in general and the civilians in Gaza in particular as long as the war serves Hamas’ and Iran’s goals.

BBC Arabic TV placed text on screen during the interview with Al-Habbash:

Text on screen: “The Israeli army announced the ‘release’ [quotation marks in source] of four living hostages in a special operation in the Gaza Strip” [PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, June 9, 2024]

Hamas’ war crime is not merely that it uses civilians as human shields. But that Hamas’ entire military strategy is built on hiding its terrorists in civilian infrastructures and to only fight behind civilian shields. Hamas is responsible and must be condemned for every Israeli and every Palestinian killed since October 7. https://palwatch.org/page/35288

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Hid inside UNRWA complex: Hamas military intelligence officer eliminated in Gaza. Israel National News. Jul 19, 2024, 9:01 PM https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393325

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Watch: Tunnel shaft and weapons found in children's bedroom. Israel National News. Jul 24, 2024 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393574

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Ambulances with terrorists: Hezbollah's 'Medical Corps'. Ynetnews. 5 Oct 2024 — Hezbollah utilizes tactic similar to Hamas in Gaza and hijacks civilian medical complexes to carry out terror attacks and smuggling operations. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1jrvbkyje

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IDF footage shows tunnel shafts in Rafah homes. Military reveals troops operating in Rafah found hidden tunnels and passageways between civilian homes used to ambush and carry out attacks on troops. Yoav Zitun, Einav Halabi|08.08.24 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjui6vgqc

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Philadelphi Corridor: Launch pits near Gaza's largest fuel storage facility. Troops located rocket launch pits along the Philadelphi Corridor that were situated a few dozen meters away from the Gaza Strip’s largest fuel storage facility for civilian use. Israel National News. Aug 8, 2024. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/394336

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Hamas terrorists use Gaza schools as refuges, and refugees as human shields. Thousands of Palestinians have found refuge in Gaza's schools, despite poor conditions and severe overcrowding; however, the increasing use of UN facilities by Hamas operatives for terror activities has led to a corresponding rise in IDF airstrikes. Ynet | published:08.11.24 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkyhnpiq0

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WATCH: Hamas official storms off CNN after being pressed on Oct. 7, blame for Gazan deaths. Danielle Greyman-kennard, Jerusalem Post, August 18, 2024 [...] "I have covered…I have been coming to this part of the world for more than 20 years," Scuitto told Hamdan, "and I have personally covered terror attacks by Hamas that killed Israeli civilians…More than 20 years… So, I am asking you this, just looking at the last 10 months of this conflict…Does Hamas accept any responsibility for the deaths of Palestinian civilians in Gaza? Because, as you know, Hamas tunnels, Hamas military units are based under and around homes, mosques, and schools in Gaza. Do you accept any responsibility for any of the deaths in Gaza?" https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-815165

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IDF strikes terrorists operating from within Gaza school. Uzi Baruch. Aug 20, 2024, 12:03 PM IAF strikes Hamas command and control center hidden within the Mustafa Khaft school in Gaza City. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/394899

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Days before school resumes: IDF strikes school used by Hamas as terror compound. IDF conducts precise strike on Hamas command and control center embedded in the 'Jaafer Ali Bin Abu Taleb school in Zeitoun, Gaza. 'Hamas brutally exploiting the Gazan civilian population for its terrorist activities.' Israel National News. Aug 23, 2024. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/395086

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IDF confirms: Missiles towards Tel Aviv launched from humanitarian route.

Hamas fired missiles from adjacent to humanitarian route in Khan Yunis, IDF strikes back, exposes terror group's use of Gazan civilians as human shields. Israel National News, August 14, 2024.

([30] Aerial photo of Khan Younis with launch site and humanitarian route demarked).

On Tuesday, the Hamas terrorist organization launched rockets from Gaza towards central Israel.

Following the launches, the IDF reported that one rocket landed in the Mediterranean Sea and the other landed in within Gaza... Hamas claimed that the rockets were of the M-90 model, a new model that was unveiled in December 2023 and has a reported range of 90 kilometers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/394605

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IDF clears out Hamas terror base in northern Gaza hospital.

Ynetnews 28 Oct 2024 — Army says completed raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, used as Hamas command center, seizing weapons, funds and documents tied to terror group, with 60 suspects arrested inside linked to October 7 attacks. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryvl11wae1l

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Operating in humanitarian area. IDF strikes Hamas terrorists in Khan Yunis. Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional means. Israel National News Sep 10, 2024. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/395934

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During elimination attempt.

Hamas commanders take shelter among Gaza civilians.

Three senior Hamas commanders took cover in a humanitarian area while attempting to escape a targeted IDF strike, report says.

Israel National News. Sep 10, 2024, 10:31 AM https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/395949

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IAF strikes Hamas control center in UNRWA school compound. By Jerusalem Post Staff. 09/11/2024 04:39 PM https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-819720

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Hamas tries to prevent civilians fleeing danger in northern Gaza. As troops urge Gazans to leave, many remain fearing travel through areas under IDF control and after threats from Hamas that seeks to use them as human shields while forces hunt them down. Einav Halabi | Ynet. 10.10 24 | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1co5ubjkx

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IDF says rockets fired at south on Friday were launched from aid warehouse area. Rocket launchers were placed 50 meters from aid sites, army says; terror cell targeted at former Gaza City school, with Palestinian medics reporting 7 dead By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies. December 14, 2024. ([https://static-cdn.toi- media.com/www/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp_Image_2024-12-14_at_13.04.23e1734186855152-400x250.jpeg]. An infographic released by the IDF on December 14, 2024, shows a rocket launching site in Gaza near a humanitarian aid warehouse. Israel Defense Forces) https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-rockets-fired-at-south-fridaywere-launched-from-aid-warehouse-area

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IDF reports attacked terrorist operation from Gaza humanitarian zone. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit reported on Sunday that Israeli Air Force jets targeted a Hamas terrorist operating out of a humanitarian zone in Khan Younis. “Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence.” the military said. Yoav Zitun|12.22.24. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bketal8bkx

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Palestinian Authority: Hamas is using hospitals for military purposes Ephraim D. Tepler and Itamar Marcus | Dec 30, 2024 The Palestinian Authority itself has revealed that Hamas turns hospitals into military interrogation facilities. As proof, on Facebook, the PA posted a summons issued by Hamas to a Gazan to report to Nasser Hospital to be interrogated by Hamas' military intelligence.

The post was made by the former official spokesman of the PA Security Forces, Adnan Al-Damiri. Moreover, Al-Damiri criticized Hamas for continuing to use hospitals for "summonses, interrogations, and extortions": https://palwatch.org/page/36787

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Watch: Hamas footage shows terrorists planting explosives near hospital. Israel National News. Dec 30, 2024, 7:07 PM. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401542

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Senior Hamas Official Khalil Al-Hayya Upon Signing Ceasefire Agreement: October 7 Will Continue To Be A Source Of Pride; Our People Served As An 'Impenetrable Shield' For The Resistance... MEMRI, January 16, 2025. https://www.memri.org/reports/senior-hamas-official-khalil-al-hayya-uponsigning-ceasefire-agreement-october-7-will

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Palestinian Authority: Hamas disguised as civilians caused civilian deaths and destruction of Gaza. PA: Hamas only wears uniforms for show during ceasefire. January 23, 2025 https://palwatch.org/page/36841

Palestinian Authority Daily Mocks Hamas' Armed Operatives In Gaza: Throughout The War They Hid Among Civilians And Caused Many Deaths, Yet Now They Parade Around In Uniform. January 24, 2025. Palestinians | Special Dispatch No. 11794

The January 22, 2025 editorial of the Palestinian Authority (PA) daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida slammed Hamas for the fact that its militants have now resurfaced and are parading around Gaza in uniform again, after, for 15 months, they hid among civilians wearing civilian clothing, and fought the Israeli forces from among the people's homes, thus increasing the number of civilian deaths. The editorial also condemned Hamas and its supporters, including "the channel of deception," namely the Qatari AlJazeera channel, for peddling the false and "idiotic" narrative that Hamas has won the war. https://www.memri.org/reports/palestinian-authority-daily-mocks-hamasarmed-operatives-gaza-throughout-war-they-hid-among ______

Gaza health official threatened after calling out terrorists using hospital. Hospital official in Khan Younis criticizes Palestinian Islamic Jihad, urges operatives to leave facility—terror group issues threat: 'You’ve crossed the line'. Einav Halabi|04.13.25 | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byax2sfayg

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Rafah: Weapons found in civilian buildings near hospital and school Israel National News May 4, 2025, 4:05 PM https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/407814

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Spanish Economist Daniel Lacalle, MEMRI Board of Advisors Member: Hamas Is 100% Responsible for What Is Happening in Gaza; It Uses Civilians as Human Shields, Using Schools as Ammunition Depots and Hiding Places for Terrorists. May 24, 2025 https://www.memri.org/tv/spanish-economist-daniel-lacalle-board-advisors-memri-hamas-responsible-for-gaza-war

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The West’s lies about Israel are falling apart. by Brendan O’Neill, Spiked, May 29, 2025.

So it seems Mohammed Sinwar is dead. The de facto chief of Hamas in Gaza has been ‘eliminated’, says Israel. Yesterday, in a speech marking 600 days of war between the Jewish State and that army of anti-Semites, Benjamin Netanyahu said Sinwar was indeed killed in Israel’s airstrike on the European Hospital in Khan Younis on 13 May. If this is correct, then it is a blistering defeat not only for Hamas but also for the West’s furiously Israelophobic elites. For one of their chief libels against Israel – that it bombs hospitals for sport – may have just taken one hell of a beating.

Mohammed Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya, who was leader of Hamas in Gaza from 2017 until his assassination by the Israel Defence Forces in October last year. Yahya masterminded the pogrom of 7 October 2023. Mohammed succeeded him following his assassination. Hamas really has been decapitated. The Sinwars are dead. Mohammed Deif, head of the al-Qassam Brigades, was slain in an airstrike in July last year. In that same month, Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s political boss, was taken out in a targeted strike on a guesthouse he was staying at in Tehran. This has hands down been the most successful anti-fascist operation of the 21st century so far.

The reported killing of Mohammed Sinwar could prove to be an especially important event. It would have consequences – brilliantly dire ones – both for Hamas and for the West’s army of Israel-haters. It seems he was meeting with his fellow neo-fascists in a bunker under the courtyard of the European Hospital. That’s a hospital that was set up with a grant from the European Union and run by the UN through its local Palestine agency, UNRWA. Let that sink in: a mass murderer of Jews, the leader of a movement that carried out the worst act of anti-Semitic slaughter since the Nazis, found refuge under a facility funded by the globalist outfits that are forever wagging a finger at ‘genocidal’ Israel….

This is what has been laid bare by the reported death of Sinwar in a tunnel under a hospital: the ruthless duplicity of Hamas and the staggering gullibility of the Western commentariat. This event threatens to drag the anti-Israel activist class off that moral highground they think they occupy. For 18 months they’ve been libelling Israel as a nation in the grip of such genocidal lunacy that it desires the destruction of every life-giving facility in Gaza. They overlook, or outright deny, the reams of evidence showing that Hamas hides in hospitals, stores weapons in hospitals, uses hospitals as bases in which to torture its opponents. Now we know it even has its highest level meetings under hospitals…. https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/05/29/the-wests-lies-about-israel-are-falling-apart

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