Israel has claimed that the hospital serves as an operational headquarters for Hamas.
New Delhi:
The Israeli Protection Drive (IDF) in the present day shared movies claiming to have discovered a ”terrorist tunnel” beneath Gaza’s greatest hospital. The Al-Shifa hospital, the most important within the besieged Palestinian enclave, serves because the lifeline for the area’s residents.
Following the October 7 assaults and the following Israeli army incursion into Gaza, Israel has claimed that the hospital serves as an operational headquarters for Hamas.
In a current video, Israeli particular forces declare to have entered a shaft positioned in the midst of a courtyard contained in the Al-Shifa premises. The IDF claims that the shaft results in a tunnel that opens as much as a hall.
Watch IDF 1LT Masha describe the second she noticed a terrorist tunnel beneath Gaza’s greatest hospital. pic.twitter.com/gGAnG8v7BE
— Israel Protection Forces (@IDF) November 23, 2023
”We went inside, escorted by the particular forces as a result of we wanted to undergo a warehouse the place they positioned lots of ammunition, weapons, and explosives that wanted to be discarded,” an IDF official stated.
”The primary time our forces entered the Shifa advanced, they went in with a bomb-sniffing canine they usually found a truck filled with ammunition,” she claimed.
”Additional investigations, together with the usage of specialised tools lowered into the shaft, revealed that it was a 10-metre deep shaft that led to a hall. On the finish of the hall was a blast-proof door with a capturing gap on the prime. After guaranteeing that each one protection mechanisms had been safely dismantled, our forces opened the door, revealing one other door main deeper into the advanced,” she added.
Final night time, the top of the Al-Shifa hospital was arrested by Israeli forces. Hospital director Mohammad Abu Salmiya has been vocal in regards to the situations contained in the Al-Shifa hospital after repeated Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
Each the Israeli army and Hamas have accused one another of waging a ”propaganda conflict” in opposition to one another for the reason that area plunged into chaos following the October 7 assaults. Morphed photos, decontextualised movies unrelated to the continuing disaster have typically been discovered circulating on social media with illegitimate claims.
Whereas genuine footage and firsthand accounts of the destruction have been circulated extensively, there have additionally been occurrences of individuals disseminating misinformation and misrepresenting movies from unrelated incidents.