The Israeli army released a video clip of the interrogation of the head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, Ahmed Kachlut. According to Israeli media reports this afternoon, he claims that around 16 hospital staff are members of the Al-Kassam Brigades – “doctors, nurses, paramedics and people from the administration”.
He also said in the interview that Hamas people “hide in hospitals because they believe they are a safe place. That they won’t be hit if they are there.” According to Kachlut's statements in the video, Hamas has offices in hospitals. Spaces for leaders. A kidnapped Israeli soldier was also taken there.
Own telephones, own ambulance
Therefore, there are also rooms for investigations by Hamas security services. “Everyone has their own phone lines at the hospital.” Hamas also uses its own ambulance, in a different color and without registration. The kidnapped soldier and the bodies were transported there. No injuries were transported in the ambulance.
In the video, Kachlut is questioned in Arabic by an unseen interviewer whose voice is distorted. The video has English subtitles that accurately reflect the content of the survey. It is not indicated where and when the interrogation took place and under what conditions the man was prepared to testify. He was arrested on December 12, according to Israeli media. Information about the video and its content cannot currently be independently verified.
Supports Israel's claims
Israel has long claimed that Hamas uses civilians as human shields and operates command centers and safe houses, especially in hospitals. Hamas denies this: since the start of the war, the army has discovered tunnel entrances and weapons in hospitals in Gaza.
According to Hamas, the fence around Kamal Adwan Hospital was breached by Israeli army bulldozers last week to expel people. It was one of the last at least partially functioning hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip.