The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) argued on Friday that they had found what they described as a “Hamas operations tunnel shaft” inside the al-Shifa medical complex, which was raided by Israeli special services earlier this week.
The Palestinian militant group rejected the claims as “baseless lies.”
In a separate development, the IDF reported several strikes against senior Hamas figures in two underground sites in Gaza in recent days. According to the Israeli military, they include the head of the Palestinian militant group's rocket brigade and northern Gaza unit. The report could not be independently verified.
The director of al-Shifa Hospital has since said that hundreds of patients remain at the site, "screaming with thirst" as the facility runs out of oxygen and water.
