Israeli army kills senior Hamas official and 20 terrorists at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.

This was stated by the Israeli army 20 terrorists Palestinians died on Monday and dozens were arrested during the hospital raid Al-Shifa Targeting “senior Hamas terrorists” from Gaza City

Among those killed was Hamas' head of internal security, Hamas Faik Mabouch, who was responsible for coordinating the Islamist group's operations in the Gaza Strip, among other things.

Soldiers pounded the area around the largest medical center in Hamas-ruled territory, a compound filled with sick and displaced people, with tanks and airstrikes.

“Until now, 20 terrorists were shot dead in al-Shifa hospital in various clashes, and dozens of detained suspects are currently being interrogated,” the military said in a statement.

The latest military operation around the hospital, which was attacked by Israeli troops before sparking an international outcry in November, prompted warnings from the World Health Organization.

“We are very concerned about the situation at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza,” the WHO chief wrote.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, At X, formerly Twitter. “Hospitals should never be battlefields.”

A journalist from the company AFP He said he witnessed airstrikes against buildings surrounding the hospital and saw “hundreds of people, mostly children, women and the elderly fleeing their homes.”

Israel has said that many times The complex housed an underground Hamas control baseDenied by terrorists.

Al-Shifa “recently restored minimal health services,” Tedros said.

According to the United Nations, most of Gaza's hospitals are no longer functional.

The Israeli military announced that it had opened fire on the al-Shifa compound, in which Mabouh was said to have been killed. “There were loads of weapons in the room next to where he was removed,” the soldier said.

Brother of Faq al-Mabooh Mahmoud al-Mabooh, One of the founders of Hamas's armed wing, according to family members.

There was Mahmud al-Mabooh Murdered in Dubai in 2010. UAE investigators suspect it was the work of Mossad, the Israeli spy agency.

Israel said the al-Shifa operation was “based on intelligence indicating the hospital was used by senior Hamas terrorists”.

On Monday, the military released a video saying it had seized weapons and cash from the hospital that were used by Hamas and another armed group. Islamic Jihad.

In January, the Israeli military said it had completed the “elimination” of the Hamas command structure in the northern Gaza Strip, where al-Shifa is located.

The military has carried out operations at other Gaza hospitals since the start of the fighting with the terrorists on October 7 Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza.

The unprecedented attack caused an estimated 1,160 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians. AFP Based on official Israeli statistics.

Gaza fighters also took some 250 hostages, Israel believes 130 of them are in Gaza, of which 33 are thought to have died.

Israel has waged a relentless bombing campaign and ground offensive that has killed at least one person, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. 31,726 people Most of them are women and children.

(With information from AFP)