The Israeli military released new footage of a tunnel adapted for long-term stays near Al Shifa hospital in Gaza on Wednesday, November 22, complete with a bathroom, kitchen and an air-conditioned meeting room that Israel's military said had served as a command post for Hamas fighters.
The tunnel shaft, about two meters high, accessed the grounds of the hospital complex, which was once packed with tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians who the army said had been used as human shields by the fighting.
"This is how they survive because they use the hospital as a human shield," said Colonel Elad Tsuri, commander of an Israeli brigade that discovered the tunnel. "And here they can stay for a long time. There is an air-conditioned room inside," he added.
Israel has long accused Hamas of using the Al Shifa hospital complex as a command and control center as part of a broader strategy aimed at hiding militant forces among the civilian population.
Hamas and hospital officials have denied the charge and the intervention inside the hospital has been the focus of war crimes allegations from both sides, with Palestinians accusing Israel of targeting the hospitals and Israel saying the sites were used to house armed fighters. .
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