Hamas Turns Gaza Hospital into a Terrorist Hideout

On Monday, the Israeli military raided Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, which has been in the news off and on since October. Fighting continued on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces have found and captured approximately 300 terrorists hiding in the hospital complex and have killed dozens of gunmen. Among them was Faiq Mabhouh, the head of Hamas’s internal-security operations, who was hiding in a room next to a weapons cache.

“Faiq Mabhouh was eliminated in an encounter with the troops while armed and hiding in a compound at the Shifa hospital, from which he operated and advanced terrorist activity,” the IDF said in a statement.

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On Monday, the Israeli military raided Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, which has been in the news off and on since October. Fighting continued on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces have found and captured approximately 300 terrorists hiding in the hospital complex and have killed dozens of gunmen. Among them was Faiq Mabhouh, the head of Hamas’s internal-security operations, who was hiding in a room next to a weapons cache.

“Faiq Mabhouh was eliminated in an encounter with the troops while armed and hiding in a compound at the Shifa hospital, from which he operated and advanced terrorist activity,” the IDF said in a statement.