Israeli intel shows Hamas is holding hostages in Gaza’s new hospital as the UN health agency is criticized for not doing anything.
TEL AVIV, Israel – As the first three Israeli hostages have been freed in a ceasefire deal, Fox News Digital has learned exclusively that several terrorists captured by the Israeli military last month have admitted that the Israeli hostages were held at different times at Kamal Adwan Hospital. north of Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recently completed a major raid on a hospital, arresting about 240 terrorists. The director of the hospital, Hussam Abu Safiya, Israel claims, has gathered intelligence that shows that he not only allowed Hamas to enter the hospital, but actively cooperated with the terrorist group.
One of the captured terrorists, Anas Muhammad Faiz al-Sharif, who worked at the hospital as a cleaning manager and joined the Nukhba forces of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades in 2021, told Israeli investigators that the facility in northern Gaza is considered a “safe haven.” their because [Israeli] the military can’t pinpoint it.”
He pointed out that inside the hospital, the terrorists are distributing bombs and weapons, as well as IDF soldiers and tanks.
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IDF forces recovered weapons, classified documents, and tactical communications equipment from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, which is used by Hamas as a terrorist command center. (IDF Spokesperson Unit)
Fox News Digital asked a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) if, based on the IDF’s new allegations regarding the holding of hostages at Adwan Hospital, they would condemn Hamas’ use of hospitals for military use.
In a statement, the spokesperson said, “International Humanitarian Law is very clear. Health workers and health facilities are not allowed. They must not be attacked. They must not be used for war. They must be protected at all times. The point is both to protect civilians, and to protect the health systems and infrastructure that communities rely on to provide care survival and continuity of services.
“Failure to protect and respect health care is doubly devastating. First, in the initial damage, and then in the months or years needed to rebuild health systems.”
The statement concluded without criticizing or singling out Hamas. “The protection of health care includes the prohibition of soldiers using health facilities for military purposes. IHL also clarifies that even if health facilities are used for military purposes, there are strict conditions that apply to taking measures against them, including the duty to warn and wait after warning and in any case, disproportionate attacks are absolutely prohibited .”
Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former head of the Trump National Security Council, said, “Many of the international organizations working in Gaza probably had direct knowledge of Hamas using hospitals as terrorist headquarters and only protested Israel’s attempt to remove the regime.” .terrorists, the Red Cross, UNRWA, the World Health Organization – they were all complicit.
Ambulances carrying patients from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahya, north of the Gaza Strip as services have stopped for 24 hours due to lack of fuel, arrive at Shifa Hospital, accompanied by UN teams, in Gaza City, Gaza, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Hamza ZH Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Goldberg offered advice on President Trump’s nominee for UN ambassador, Elise Stefanik, who comes before the Senate on Tuesday. “Stefanik had a valid reason to launch an investigation at each institution – the documents require documents and interviews with employees. And if they don’t comply, they can face the consequences.”
One of Trump’s first actions on Monday was to withdraw the US from the WHO.
During the months-long IDF operation in northern Gaza, more than 700 terrorists were arrested, including Hamas commanders, some of whom participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, in southern Israel. More than a dozen of those hostages were involved in kidnapping or holding Israeli hostages in Gaza.
During the operation, the IDF found and destroyed thousands of weapons, including RPGs hidden inside the hospital itself. The objective of this operation was to completely defeat Hamas’s Northern Brigade and to remove the terror group’s presence among civilians. IDF soldiers attacked from a few hours to a full day. Within a long time, they entered the hospital and searched for weapons and terrorists.
A former Shin Bet agent, Gonen Ben Itzhak, who was the boss of former Hamas informant Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of the founder of Hamas, told Fox News Digital that, “Using visual intelligence, it is easy to see when Hamas brings guns and ammunition to the hospital.” .. and with one human source, you can get intelligence on what’s going on inside From a signal point of view, terrorists using phones and walkie-talkies, can be intercepted.”
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The IDF shows weapons seized during an operation to eliminate terrorists from the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. (IDF Spokesperson Unit)
There was almost no fighting inside the hospital, where about 950 people were eventually evacuated, before the final IDF attack. Since then, the Israeli military has facilitated and ensured the transfer of hospital operations to a nearby Indonesian hospital, at the request of the Palestinians.
Even as the United Nations and the international community criticized Jerusalem for its anti-terrorist campaign, Kamal Adwan, a former Palestinian Authority official, told Fox News Digital that Hamas’s use of hospitals was “horrendous” and known to endanger patients and health workers.
Adnan al-Damiri recently went viral on social media after Israel-based Palestinian Media Watch flagged his Facebook post showing that Hamas had summoned a Gazan journalist for questioning at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis south of the Strip.
Photo showing weapons found in and around the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza by IDF soldiers. (IDF Spokesperson Unit)
“I did this to show the Palestinians that Hamas is doing everything against the people of Gaza, including hospitals. Hamas says its struggle is against [Israeli] but the truth is that they are using our people,” said al-Damiri. He mentioned that this document posted on social media was sent by his friend from Gaza who was called to be investigated.
“I know it’s a real document. I’m not afraid of Hamas,” he added.
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In December 2023, Ahmed Kahloutthe then director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, told his interrogators in Israel that he and other staff members were Hamas operatives. Kahlout described how Hamas used ambulances to hide workers, transport terrorist groups and deliver a captured IDF soldier.
Basem Naim, a member of the Hamas political office in Gaza, told Fox News Digital that “his opposition movement understands well the importance of respecting international law and its obligations, and well understands the needs of our people for public services and the importance of protecting them.
The bodies of Noa Marciano, pictured here, and Yehudit Weiss were found by the IDF near Shifa Hospital last year. (Thanks: Bring Them Home Now)
“I can say with confidence that Hamas has never used any hospital as a military base or shelter for fighters,” he continued. “Regarding all the violence against hospitals in the Gaza Strip, Israel has not been able to prove or provide solid or neutral evidence for its claims,” he said.
“We ask for the immediate release of Dr. Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was kidnapped by the Israeli army, and a number of other doctors. Israel is fully responsible and accountable for their lives. Dr. Safiya is not a Hamas member,” added Naim.
Hamas terrorists emerge from the shadows as they surround Red Cross vehicles. (TPS-IL)
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A month after the massacre by Hamas of October 7, 2023, the IDF has already begun to publish evidence of the use of hospitals by Hamas, in particular, for terrorist purposes. In another recording from November 2023, a Gaza health official can be heard confirming that Hamas has stored more than half a million liters (more than 132,000 liters) of fuel under Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the Strip.
Hamas is accused of turning Shifa into a major command center and even storing weapons in the MRI building. On Nov. 19, 2023, the IDF released surveillance photos of armed terrorists bringing hostages to Shifa. The IDF found the remains of two Israeli hostages, Noa Marciano and Yehudit Weiss, in the Shifa area last year.
