[Video] Underground tunnel found in Al-Shifa Hospital…”Evidence of operational headquarters” [Now, Earth].

[Image sourced from the Israeli Defense Forces(IDF)]

[Herald Economy = Reporter Son Mi-jung] The Israeli military released footage on the 16th (local time) revealing underground tunnels they discovered within the premises of Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, which they have long suspected to be the operational headquarters of Hamas.

The footage shows a tunnel entrance created between buildings of the hospital and the complex interweaving of rebar near the entrance of the tunnel.

The entrance to the underground tunnel within Al-Shifa Hospital premises as revealed by the Israeli military [Image sourced from the Israeli Defense Forces(IDF)]

Additionally, the Israeli military reported finding a Hamas pickup truck loaded with weapons near the tunnel entrance. The footage includes scenes of a white pickup truck and an array of weapons laid out on the ground.

The Israeli military has claimed that Hamas has been using Al-Shifa Hospital as an operational base, exploiting patients and medical staff as human shields. Furthermore, the Israeli military suspects that hostages taken during a surprise attack last month were held here, and launched a surprise search operation at the hospital yesterday.

[Image sourced from the Israeli Defense Forces(IDF)]

While the Israeli military continues to release photos and footage of the alleged operational space used by Hamas and the hidden weapons, some human rights groups criticize that they have not provided conclusive evidence that the hospital was used as Hamas’s operational headquarters.