2023-11-24 08:10:41
The Israeli army said it destroyed an underground tunnel complex in the area of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Friday. A video recording showed a powerful explosion in a building complex. According to the army, the militant Palestinian organization Hamas had misused the tunnel complex for terrorist purposes.
At least one of the hospital’s multi-story buildings appeared to be heavily damaged by the explosion, the video clip, which was just a few seconds long, showed. Despite strong international criticism, Israeli soldiers have been deployed in and around the clinic for days. Numerous patients, including 31 premature babies, were evacuated from the embattled hospital several days after the operation began. According to the UN emergency relief office on Friday morning, around 250 patients and employees were said to have been in the hospital.
The Israeli military had allowed foreign journalists access to the underground facility before the destruction of the tunnel complex at the Shifa Clinic. Images and videos showed a narrow tunnel and several rooms, including a room with two bed frames, toilets and a small kitchen. According to the information, the tunnel was ten meters deep and 55 meters long. According to the military, weapons were also found in the hospital.
Hamas has denied that it is using medical facilities for military purposes. The US government supported the Israeli narrative that Hamas used Shifa Hospital as a command center and weapons depot.
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