The IDF revealed on Friday, what it described as intelligence showing a Hamas command center located under a the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. In a briefing, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told members of the foreign press corps that there are areas in the hospitals that are used by Hamas to direct its military operations.

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    1 year ago

    The “underground terror network” propaganda everyone keeps pushing really loses it’s momentum when someone brings up the severe lack of cement in Gaza due to Israeli trade restrictions. Speculative evidence of tunnels under hospitals does not allow justification of bombing those hospitals.

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      Fun fact: The shortages in Gaza are because Hamas keeps all the money and supplies for their “war effort”

      https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-plagued-poverty-hamas-no-shortage-cash-come-rcna121099

      This is because, as their charter states, Hamas views all Palestinians as martyrs to the cause, and not only doesn’t care if they live or die, they actively encourage civilian deaths. Sometimes at gunpoint.

      Also the tunnels are not speculation. They are the entire reason the ground assault is happening. They’re extremely well documented, and tunnel networks have been in the area for literally thousands of years