2023-11-23 16:03:29
Last update: 23.11.2023 | 16:03
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The IDF announced that the director of the ‘Shifaa’ hospital in Gaza, Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmiya, was arrested and transferred to the Shin Bet for interrogation after much evidence was revealed that the hospital, under his direct management, served as a Hamas headquarters.
According to the IDF statement, “The terrorist organization Hamas used many resources, including electricity, in order to maintain the tunnel system it built under the hospital, in addition, Hamas stored many weapons of war in and around the hospital. Furthermore, after the massacre carried out by the terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, the organization used the hospital as a refuge for its terrorists and even took Israeli hostages there who were kidnapped on the day of the massacre. A pathological report confirmed that the murder of Corporal Noa Marciano took place on the hospital grounds. In the hospital under his management there was extensive terrorist activity by the terrorist organization Hamas.”
The IDF added that a decision regarding his continued detention will be made in accordance with the findings of the investigation and the hospital director’s involvement in terrorist activity.
The IDF’s activity in the area of the Shifa Hospital revealed a terrorist tunnel built by Hamas that runs mostly under the hospital buildings. Behind the breached door, war rooms, a living room and an air-conditioned hiding place, as well as toilets and a kitchen for extended stays were located in the tunnel. Also, a shaft was located that exits from an educational institution. and another shaft in the area near the hospital. The forces located many weapons in the area of the hospital, as well as findings that could indicate a previous stay of abductees.
Aerial photograph of Shifa Hospital (Photo: IDF Spokesman)
Additional findings collected revealed that Hamas brought hostages to the hospital grounds on October 7, and also that the late female soldier Noa Marciano, who was kidnapped by Hamas, was murdered on the hospital grounds.
An Israeli abductee is led by Hamas personnel to Shifa Hospital (photo: IDF spokesman)
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