Israeli forces conducted a large-scale raid on a northern Gaza hospital, claiming to have killed 20 Hamas militants and apprehended 240 terrorists. The raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia began on Friday and concluded on Saturday.
Israel 's military said Sunday (Dec 29) forces had killed approximately 20 Hamas militants in a raid on a northern Gaza hospital, calling it one of its'largest operations' conducted in the territory.
The assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia area began early on Friday, and the World Health Organization (WHO) said it'During the operation, approximately 20 terrorists were eliminated, and powerful explosive devices planted by the terrorists were neutralised,' the military said in a statement released on Sunday. Ambulances transport wounded Palestinians from the Kamal Adwan Hospital to the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on Dec 28, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Gaza health officials said on Dec 28, that Israeli forces detained the director of a hospital in the north, which the World Health Organization said was put out of service by an Israeli raid. On Dec 27, the Israeli military said it had launched an operation in the area of Kamal Adwan Hospital, alleging the facility was a 'key stronghold for terrorist organisations'. (Photo: AFP/Omar Al-Qattaa) The raid concluded on Saturday after the military said it had apprehended'240 terrorists' belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups. The military also said it had detained the hospital's director, Hossam Abu Safiyeh, whom it suspects is a Hamas militant. 'This is one of the largest operations to apprehend terrorists conducted in a single location since the beginning of the war,' the military said on Sunday. 'Field investigators from Unit 504 directed the apprehension process and conducted hundreds of field interrogations to transfer 240 terrorists belonging to the Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorist organisations for further investigation in Israeli territory.'When asked if Abu Safiyeh had been transferred to Israeli territory for further questioning, the military did not offer an immediate commen
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