Joint statement to the IDF and Shin Bet spokesmen:
The IDF and the Shin Bet attacked a senior terrorist and other terrorists from organization Hamas who promoted terrorist plots from a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.
The IDF and Shin Bet attacked during the night (Thursday), a senior terrorist and other terrorists from organization Hamas while they were hiding in the 'Nasser' hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The terrorists were attacked from the air to remove the threat because they promoted terrorist plots against the citizens of the State of Israel and the IDF forces, this after Hamas established itself in the hospital grounds and turned it into a headquarters for military and terrorist activity against the IDF forces and the State of Israel. This activity, which is a blatant violation of international law and a cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure, included, among other things:
- Storage of weapons in the hospital complex.
- Carrying out investigations and torture by the internal security and intelligence of Hamas in the hospital complex.
- Operation of command and control rooms from the hospital complex.
- Using the hospital facilities as observation posts and shelters for terrorists.
The IDF and the Shin Bet take a serious view of the cynical use by organization Hamas of civilian and medical infrastructure for military purposes, while risking the lives of patients, medical teams and civilians.