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Hamas PM Hid in Hospital During Gaza Operation


[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and other senior Hamas commanders took over a ward of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and operated a command and control center there throughout the Gaza operation in January, the IDF revealed on Wednesday. Hamas believed that Israel would not target the hospital. Senior Hamas commanders also set up a command center in a Red Crescent Society clinic in Khan Yunis and used it as a detention center. An IDF investigation discovered that out of seven medical personnel claimed to have been killed by the IDF, five were Hamas operatives, including a nephew of the Hamas health minister.
2009-04-23 06:00:00
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