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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20360/palestinian-hospitals
The PA Knew Terrorists Were Hiding in Jenin Hospital and Did Nothing
(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - On Jan. 30, Israeli security forces killed three Palestinian terrorists who were hiding inside Ibn Sina Hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin. The three terrorists had been hiding inside the hospital for several weeks. Mohammed Walid Jalamneh, the slain leader of the terror cell, was previously wounded while preparing a car bomb attack. He served as a spokesman for the Izaddin al-Qassam Brigades in the Jenin area, and had often appeared in military uniform and a mask to read out statements by his group. The IDF has documented that senior Hamas terrorists stay in hospitals during times of war, disguised as "patients" or medical staff. The PA was undoubtedly aware of the presence of the terrorists inside Ibn Sina Hospital but did nothing to remove them. Instead, it condemned Israel. In light of the aversion of the PA, its ministry of health, and its security forces to expel the terrorists from the Jenin hospital, the U.S. administration's plan for bringing the PA back to Gaza to replace Hamas and create a Palestinian state seems more than foolhardy.