Israeli troops uncovered a cache of weapons, together with explosive suicide vests and rocket-propelled grenades, after they raided a kids’s hospital in Gaza City.
In the basement of Rantisi Hospital, Israel Defense Forces officers stated, troops additionally discovered proof that hostages taken by Palestinian Hamas militants in a lethal one-day rampage final month might have been held there at one level.
On Monday, Admiral Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesman, stated Israeli forces additionally discovered a Hamas command and management heart within the basement of the hospital, in addition to a tunnel resulting in the close by house of a senior Hamas official.
The Israeli retaliatory floor marketing campaign in latest days has centered round main hospital complexes within the Palestinian enclave, setting off a world debate over the conduct of either side within the brutal city battle.
“We found evidence that Hamas terrorists came back from the massacre on October 7 to this hospital, among others, after butchering Israelis,” Adm. Hagari stated. “Hamas hides in hospitals. Today, we will expose this to the world.”
He stated the IDF has been working to allow the protected evacuation of sufferers from Rantisi Hospital and different medical facilities over the previous week. On Monday, the IDF realized the final affected person had been evacuated to a safer hospital, Adm. Hagari stated.
“Our war is against Hamas — not against the people of Gaza, especially not the sick, wounded, or the women or the children,” he stated. “Our war is against Hamas who uses them as human shields.”
Adm. Hagari stated the Hamas fighters might need joined the civilians who fled the hospital when it was evacuated.
The IDF troops discovered a bike contained in the basement that was apparently pushed there by Hamas militants on October 7, presumably with a hostage. They discovered doable proof {that a} hostage had been within the basement, together with moveable bogs and sections of rope close to one of many chairs.
“This is not the last hospital like this in Gaza and the world should know,” Adm. Hagari stated. “This is a war crime. This is a war against humanity.”
