Al-Shifa: Hamas denies hospital was control center as IDF claims weapons, tunnel found after raid

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that the Israeli military uncovered significant material in its operation at Al-Shifa Hospital, and that its commandos were still searching through the area more than a day after they entered its grounds as part of an offensive to wipe out Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave. Meanwhile, speaking from Beirut, Lebanon, Hamas representative Osama Hamdan denied that it operated out of medical facilities in Gaza, saying that “there is no centre or control room for Hamas in this hospital.”

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