Video: IDF destroys Hamas tunnels under Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

THAT WAS THE SCENE AROUND AND UNDER RANTISI HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA WEDNESDAY AS ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES CONTINUE THEIR OFFENSIVE ON HAMAS’ NETWORK OF TUNNELS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY

THESE TUNNELS A STRONGHOLD DISCOVERED IN MID-NOVEMBER THAT THE I-D-F SAID WERE USED TO HOLD ISRAELI HOSTAGES AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK.

FOOTAGE SHOWS MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS TEARING THROUGH THE STREETS OF GAZA CITY — DESTROYING WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE AN UNDERGROUND HAMAS COMMAND CENTER. I-D-F OFFICIALS PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED THAT THIS STRONGHOLD CONNECTS VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND A NAVAL HEADQUARTERS. 

I-D-F SPOKESPERSON – REAR ADMIRAL DANIEL HAGARI – SAID THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE SPANS SEVERAL MILES.

[REAR ADM. DANIEL HAGARI | IDF SPOKESPERSON] 

“In the last month, IDF forces explored this area (Rantisi hospital) while fighting, there was quite a bit of fighting there. Terrorists were killed there, our forces were injured there as well. This is a space that is very important to Hamas. We located there underground infrastructure that is several kilometers long. The infrastructure connected different buildings in the Strip and the forces uncovered three shafts in the area of the hospital, with one of them coming out at a school.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

ISRAEL OFFICIALS REPORT FINDING SUICIDE VESTS, ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES, AND VARIOUS WEAPONS INCLUDING WHAT APPEARED TO BE SIGNS OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES. HAGARI CLAIMS THE RANTISI HOSPITAL WAS A STRONGHOLD TO TRANSFER TERRORISTS AND WEAPONS THROUGHOUT GAZA.

AROUND 240 PEOPLE WERE ABDUCTED IN THE ATTACK WHICH SPARKED THE WAR. AN ESTIMATED 129 REMAIN IN CAPTIVITY – AND MORE THAN 21-THOUSAND PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED, INCLUDING NEARLY 200 PEOPLE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS-CONTROLLED HEALTH MINISTRY.

THIS COMES AS I-D-F OFFICIALS CLAIM TO UNCOVER ANOTHER HIDDEN TUNNEL SHAFT INSIDE A MOSQUE THURSDAY WHILE DESTROYING ANOTHER UNDERGROUND HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHERN GAZA.