Judging by the amount of reporters' households that have been struck, it's clear Israel knows the terrorists prefer to live under said profession's abodes: https://cpj.org/2023/11/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/
Israel knows exactly where the Hamas fighters are hiding, it eradicated them from over 400 tunnels in northern Gaza so far. IDF says it destroyed 400 Hamas tunnels ahead of start of truce deal https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...urs-before-truce-takes-effects/9301700660262/ Israel said its troops continued to battle Hamas in northern Gaza overnight, uncovering and destroying many more tunnels ahead of a four-day truce agreed to on Wednesday coming into effect. The latest tunnel breaches bring to approximately 400 the number of shafts the military have exposed and destroyed since the beginning of its ground operation Oct. 27, Israeli Defense Forces said in a news update. "The Yahalom special forces unit of the Combat Engineering Corps has played a significant role in uncovering and destroying these shafts using various methods," said IDF which did not provide a breakdown of the locations of the tunnel shafts. IDF has long contended that many of the shafts linking to Hamas' embedded network of tunnels beneath population centers across the Gaza Strip are located within hospitals, schools and homes. The military also urged civilians in Gaza City, the Old City of Jabalia and Shuja'iya neighborhoods in particular, to evacuate to safety in the south of the strip via a protected corridor by 4 p.m. local time. "We urge you to evacuate your residential areas immediately in order to preserve your safety, via the Salah al-Din Road until 16:00, to reach the south of Wadi Gaza and the humanitarian zone," IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote on X. He added that there would also be a "local tactical pause for humanitarian purposes" between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., in the area of the Jourat al-Lot and Batn al-Sameen neighborhoods in Khan Yunis in the south. "Hamas has lost its control over northern Gaza, and is trying to prevent Gazans from moving southward for their safety," said Adraee who provided a hotline number for residents who find their way blocked to call for assistance. IDF also announced the death of Cpt. Liron Snir who it said had been killed in combat in northern Gaza, bringing to 69 the number of Israeli military personnel who have died in the fighting. The 25-year-old from the West Bank settlement of Ofra was a team commander in the Golani Brigade's reconnaissance unit, IDF said. World leaders welcomed the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas secured after being approved by a significant majority of the Israeli cabinet late Tuesday. A Hamas official said the truce would take effect at 10 a.m. local on Thursday, according to Times of Israel and an Israeli official also told CNN it would begin at that time. IDF, however, would not confirm the timing as Spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hect said he could not say when the fighting would pause or how a cease-fire would be implemented as he had not received orders from the government. "We still haven't got the nitty gritty of this framework," he said. At least 50 hostages being held by Hamas, including women and children, will freed under the deal in exchange for a four-day pause in Israel's air and ground offensive and the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, according to Hamas. No information has been released regarding which hostages are to be released, but the majority of Palestinians listed as eligible for release are male teenagers aged 16 to 18 with most jailed for throwing stones and "harming regional security". A lesser number were detained for supporting illegal terror organizations, illegal weapons charges, incitement, and at least two accusations of attempted murder. Qatar and Egypt, which helped negotiate the agreement, said their hope was that it would lead to a cease-fire and a longer-term solution. Washington which was also involved in the talks took a more cautious stance. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while the deal constituted "significant progress," the United States "will not rest as long as Hamas continues to hold hostages in Gaza." There has been no comment from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has said only that the offensive against Hamas was not complete and would resume when the pause in the fighting ended.
"IDF Says". They also said Hamas HQ was under some major hospital and we all know how that turned out.
At this point M.W. is just trolling. There is an endless pile of videos, photos, first-hand accounts, etc. demonstrating that Hamas committed wide-scale rapes and murders on October 7th. Anyone who denies these atrocities at this point is not rational.
They have now taken reporters for a tour of the Hamas tunnels and command center under Al Shifa hospital. Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital https://apnews.com/article/israel-p...unnels-hamas-c71ebee136e018fd5a3572a54040f73e Suddenly these formerly vocal "human rights" groups don't have a word to say. As Evidence Mounts of Hamas Using Shifa Hospital as a Military Base, Human Rights Groups Turn Sullenly Silent Amnesty International, say, changes its tune from 2007 and 2015, when it reported Hamas was using Al Shifa hospital for interrogations, torture, and launching attacks. https://www.nysun.com/article/as-ev...base-human-rights-groups-turn-sullenly-silent
The reality: Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday unveiled what it claimed was a Hamas military facility under Gaza’s largest hospital, showing what appeared to be a subterranean dormitory to a group of foreign journalists who were given a rare glimpse inside the besieged enclave. Dozens of soldiers escorted journalists through a narrow stone tunnel — which the military said stretched 150 meters (164 yards) — to a series of underground bunkers beneath Shifa Hospital in a shattered Gaza City. The living quarters, located at the end of the tunnel, had an air conditioner, kitchen, bathroom and pair of metal cots in a room fashioned from rusty white tile. They appeared to be out of use. Since Israel declared war against Hamas on Oct. 7, it has repeatedly accused the Islamic militant group of using Gaza’s hospitals as cover for military use. It has paid special attention to Shifa, saying Hamas has hidden command centers and bunkers underneath the hospital’s sprawling grounds. Israel has not yet unveiled this purported center, but the military portrayed the underground hideout as its most significant discovery yet. Hamas and the hospital administration have denied Israel’s accusations. “Shifa Hospital is the hugest hospital in Gaza, and it’s also the hugest terror facility of Hamas,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military’s chief spokesperson, as bombardment thundered nearby. “Hamas battalion commanders were conducting command and control, firing rockets from here.” The Associated Press could not independently verify Hagari’s claims. The AP was allowed access to Gaza on the condition that its journalist stay with the Israeli military convoy throughout the four-hour tour and submit all material to a military censor ahead of publication. There is no other way for foreign journalists to currently access the enclave. The war was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack that killed some 1,200 people and took 240 others hostage. Israel’s intense aerial campaign and devastating ground invasion have leveled entire neighborhoods, and well over 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting, according to health officials in the Hamas-ruled territory. Bent on toppling Gaza’s Hamas rulers, Israel describes the heavy toll as the inevitable cost of fighting militants who use civilians as human shields and fire rockets from densely populated neighborhoods. Israel says at least some of the hostages were brought to Shifa. On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers showed the foreign journalists weaponry they said they found at Shifa, including dozens of AK-47 assault rifles, 20 grenades and several drones. Hagari said the cache was just a small sample. The Israeli military has plowed through northern Gaza over the past month, leaving a trail of destruction in its effort to bomb Hamas’ tunnel network and other targets. Hamas fighters have used the underground network to ambush Israeli troops. In addition to the tunnel it showed journalists, the army says it had uncovered another two shafts near Shifa. Although the trip was tightly controlled by the Israeli army, journalists could still catch glimpses of life in Gaza. From outside the hospital gates, at least a couple dozen exhausted Palestinians could be seen gathering their belongings, apparently ahead of an evacuation. Hundreds of patients and doctors remain stranded at the besieged hospital. Thousands more who had been sheltering in its courtyard fled south last week as Israeli tanks drew close and fighting raged. At one point, several Palestinians leaning out of a window at Shifa locked eyes with journalists. One man gave a thumbs-up. Others started to yell. Israeli soldiers shepherded the journalists away. What remained on Gaza City’s ghostly streets were the ruins of collapsed buildings, spewing rubble onto streets. The facade of one abandoned building had been blown off, revealing furnished living rooms, glassware in cabinets somehow intact, mirrors still mounted on walls. Fortified bulldozers clawed through sand and gravel to clear the way for more tanks. About 20 Israeli soldiers sat on the side of a road. They smiled and posed for the journalists’ cameras. “There’s a great morale. Everyone’s ready to do what has to be done. Everyone’s ready to fight for the country,” said Staff Sgt. Oren, an Israeli soldier who said he is originally from Los Angeles. “Even when it’s hard, you sit with your friends and joke around a little bit. At the end of the day, you know why you’re here.” The city’s coastal promenade that once bustled with cafes and coffee shops was gone. Instead, there was rubble and a single lifeguard hut. Recent bombing sent black plumes rising into the sky. Gunbattles could be heard rattling in the distance. In the midst of the devastation, a line of Palestinian evacuees could be seen carrying their bags and other belongings. As the journalists in the Israeli army convoy passed by, they held their ID cards up to the armored personnel carriers. Some of them waved white flags.
Once again, here is your very own personal tour of the Hamas tunnels and command center under the Al Shifa hospital.
I keep seeing attempts at the 2nd shaft (next to hospital building) being made into an entrance but I've yet to see anyone film going through it and into a tunnel w/uninterrupted video. Never mind the infra (poured concrete forms really?) looks too good to not have been done professionally ages ago (reminds me of bomb shelter types used during wwii); edit: went looking for footage of past tunnels and construction methods check out. best one yet is this one w/drone footage turned walking shot but the shakiness right before the reveal could still be clever editing: First shaft: