Hamas rejects IDF assertion of command centers hidden under hospitals as ‘baseless’

Hamas denies Israel’s allegation that it hides its command centers under Gaza’s hospitals, rejecting it as “baseless.”

Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the the terror group’s political bureau, says in a statement that “these lies represent a prelude to a new massacre against our people, greater than the one of the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital” — a reference to the October 17 blast widely seen as being caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket that Hamas has blamed on Israel.

The IDF said earlier that the main operations base of the terror group is located under Shifa Hospital, the largest in the Strip.

“Over 40,000 have sought refuge in Al-Shifa hospital, as they were displaced by the bombing that hit everything,” al-Rishq says. “We call on the leaders of Arab and Muslm countries to take action and stop the genocide against our people,” he adds.