3 April 2024 Yitzhak ben Moshe

Many have accused Israel and the Israeli Defense Force of attacking and targeting civilians. These misguided supporters of Hamas claim that Israel is in violation of international law for not targeting members of the military. In this video, you see a senior Hamas Intelligence Officer, not dressed in a uniform but wearing regular street clothes. How do you fight an enemy who dresses in such a way that if they drop, their weapons can blend into the civilian population around them?

A senior Hamas military intelligence officer in an ISA interrogation: “Units of the military intelligence operated from Shifa Hospital. The Interior Ministry, the Emergency Committees and the government of Hamas also worked from there. It’s a safe place.”

Many terrorists affiliated with terrorist organizations were apprehended in the IDF’s targeted operation, led by the 162nd Division and the ISA, at Shifa Hospital. This includes the Deputy Commander of the Rocket Unit in the Islamic Jihad, commanding positions in the Hamas Military Wing, and senior operatives in the Ministry of Internal Security and Hamas’ Emergency Committees. The apprehended suspects were transferred for interrogation at the ISA and Unit 504 in the Intelligence Directorate (J2).

Among the apprehended are also many operatives from Hamas’ Military Intelligence, who in their interrogations bring valuable and important information for the continuation of the fight against the terrorist organization. Among them is the Deputy Head of the Information Department in Hamas’ Military Intelligence, Ashraf Ibrahim Samur.

Samur describes in the ISA interrogation the many branches of Hamas that operated out of the hospital, starting with the Military Intelligence, the Interior, Security and Administration branches of the terrorist organization.

The Chief of the General Staff in Khan Yunis: Securing the release of the hostages is a top priority. It will only be achieved through stronger pressure, and we will press as much as necessary.

Today (Wednesday), the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, visited Khan Yunis and conducted a situational assessment with the Commanding Officer of the Southern Command, MG Yaron Finkelman, the Commanding Officer of the 98th Division, BG Dan Goldfus, the Commanding Officer of the Commando Brigade, COL Omer Cohen, and additional commanders.

During the visit, he held discussions with the commanders and soldiers of the Commando Brigade regarding the operational situation, and praised them for their combat and operations in the Gaza Strip.

The full remarks of the Chief of the General Staff: “On Sunday, we left Shifa, you are still here. We are pressing both to deepen the achievement and we are pressing to try to initiate movement in the negotiations, to bring about an agreement for the release of the hostages. this is a top priority, very important. It will only come from stronger pressure and we will press harder, as much as necessary. We will press harder – you are doing it excellently. Another battalion dismantled, another commander killed, another infrastructure destroyed, this is the way to eventually pressure for the release of the hostages. One thing is certain – as long as you work as you do, our ability, as well as the national ability to resolve these issues in a better way, is significantly higher. Continue with strength, continue to achieve good results; end of operations, quality combat procedures and continue moving forward”.