{
  "id": 13742735,
  "title": "IDF reveals footage showing armed Hamas terrorists using Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital as op. center",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/idf-reveals-footage-showing-armed-hamas-terrorists-using-gazas-kamal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T15:32:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-911345"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) unveiled footage on Sunday that suggests Hamas terrorists were utilizing the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza Strip as an operations center. According to the IDF, the video reveals how Hamas employs the hospital grounds as a strategic hub for their activities. The military highlighted that Hamas continues to leverage the presence of patients, medical staff, and civilians as human shields, a clear violation of international law. The hospital and its surrounding vicinity have been frequently used by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) for staging terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers over the past few years, despite Israel and the IDF's repeated warnings against such military use of medical facilities. Intelligence revealed in August indicated Hamas had set up an ambush against IDF soldiers using a structure located about 70 meters from the hospital. The IDF struck the site, which was situated just 50 meters from the Yellow Line and 170 meters away from a school, labeling it as a prime example of Hamas' systematic exploitation of civilian and humanitarian infrastructure. Throughout the ongoing war, IDF operations near the hospital have shown weapons and explosives being stored on the hospital grounds. In one of the operations conducted in 2024 and 2025, it was discovered that both Hamas and PIJ utilized the site for storing weapons and explosives. Another operation resulted in the capture of Anas Muhammad Faiz al-Sharif near the hospital, who was subsequently transferred to Israel for questioning. Sharif, a 21-year-old Hamas member since 2021, revealed how the hospital grounds were used as a base for operations, transporting equipment and weapons to launch attacks against Israeli forces. According to Sharif, Hamas and PIJ operatives believed the IDF would refrain from targeting the hospital due to the presence of patients and civilians, as they erroneously believed the IDF could not effectively bomb the location using an F-16 missile or destroy the building.",
  "summary": "\"The hospital and its surrounding area have been used by Hamas and the PIJ over the past few years to advance terror plots against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers,\" the military said.",
  "key_points": [
    "IDF footage shows Hamas using Kamal Adwan Hospital as op. center",
    "Hospital grounds serve as strategic hub for Hamas activities",
    "Patients, staff, civilians used as human shields by Hamas"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}