Israel has revealed what a Hamas terror base hidden beneath Gaza’s largest hospital looks like. A video shows a maze of underground tunnels and war rooms that serve as the headquarters of a militant group.
An “intelligence-based illustration” released by the Jewish nation’s military shows an eerie network of corridors and rooms deep beneath the buildings where innocent people are being treated.
The IDF claims that Shifa Hospital – the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip – actually houses the terrorist organization’s headquarters.
Images show armories, storage rooms and armed guards patrolling the network of corridors.
Another has a meeting room with computers, carpets and leather chairs.
Images show armories, storage rooms and armed guards patrolling the network of corridors
Another has a meeting room with computers, carpets and leather chairs
The IDF claims that Shifa Hospital (pictured) – the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip – actually houses the terrorist organization’s headquarters
The “intelligence-based illustration” released by the Jewish nation’s military shows an eerie network of corridors and rooms deep beneath the buildings where innocent people are being treated. Pictured: Wounded Palestinians in Al-Shifa Hospital
A senior political adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas would feel Israel’s “wrath” tonight.
The Jewish nation’s warplanes carried out airstrikes of “unprecedented” intensity across all parts of the Gaza Strip and announced they would “expand” their ground force deployments
This came after Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said that “the only way to destroy Hamas is to drive it out of its tunnels and its underground city of terror.”
A senior political adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas would feel Israel’s “wrath” tonight as the Jewish nation’s warplanes launched airstrikes of “unprecedented” intensity across all parts of the Gaza Strip and announced that it would suspend operations by its ground forces will “expand”.
Hamas has rejected Israeli claims that it is using hospitals as a shield for underground military infrastructure, saying these claims “lack any truth.”
The IDF wrote on social media: “Shifa Hospital is not only the largest hospital in Gaza, but also acts as a headquarters for Hamas’ terrorist activities.”
“Terrorism does not belong in a hospital and the IDF will do everything it can to expose any terrorist infrastructure.”
The Israelis have fired “bunker buster” concussion rockets to try to destroy Hamas’s extensive network of tunnels beneath Gaza, according to a report.
And experts claim the terror group has used hospitals and innocent Palestinians as “shields,” using their deaths to further its own cause against Israel.
Colonel Philip Ingram, a former British military intelligence officer, told Web: “Israel will specifically target areas where Hamas is concentrated or has military facilities.”
“What Hamas is doing now is putting these military facilities in civilian buildings.” Hamas wants civilians to die.
Hamas has rejected Israeli claims that it is using hospitals as a shield for underground military infrastructure, saying these claims “lack any truth.” Pictured: Wounded Palestinians in Al-Shifa Hospital
Experts claim the terror group has used hospitals and innocent Palestinians as “shields” and used their deaths to further its own cause against Israel. Pictured: Wounded Palestinians in Al-Shifa Hospital
The Israelis have fired “bunker buster” concussion rockets to try to destroy Hamas’s extensive network of tunnels beneath Gaza, according to a report. Pictured: Smoke rises from explosions caused by Israeli airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip
With the Israeli airstrike, the IDF warned Palestinian civilians still living in the Gaza Strip to move south as quickly as possible. In the picture: An Israeli armored personnel carrier drives near the border with the Gaza Strip
The bombing, which observers described as much heavier and louder than previous days, coincided with power and communications outages across much of the besieged enclave
The IDF said tonight it would expand its bombing campaign against Gaza and “work vigorously in all dimensions” to achieve its military objectives
“They want the world to see images of women and children being carried out of the rubble after an attack.”
“Israel responds in proportion to the threat and takes great care to reduce the number of civilian casualties as much as possible.”
“But because Hamas uses the Palestinian people as human shields, civilian casualties are not inevitable.”
With the Israeli airstrike, the IDF warned Palestinian civilians still living in the Gaza Strip to move south as quickly as possible amid fears that the long-awaited ground invasion of the enclave could take place within hours.
The bombing, which observers described as much heavier and louder than previous days, coincided with power and communications outages across much of the besieged enclave.
The IDF said tonight it would expand its bombing campaign against Gaza and “work vigorously in all dimensions” to achieve its military objectives.
Hamas returned fire with a barrage of rockets, but it was not known how many were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.
The terror group also called on people in the West Bank and the “1948 territories” – a term Palestinians use for Israel in reference to the period of its founding – to take up arms if Israel’s ground invasion begins.
Hamas reportedly said it held Israel, the US and Western nations that support Israel “fully responsible for the series of heinous massacres” against the people of Gaza
It was not clear whether the latest development in the bloodiest conflict between Hamas and Israel was a threat of a full-scale invasion or a larger but similar “investigation” to those launched on Wednesday and Thursday evenings which the troops returned at dawn.