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Sunday, August 17, 2025
IDF says it targeted Hamas cell outside Gaza City hospital
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Overnight, the IDF says it carried out a drone strike against a cell of Hamas gunmen outside Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood.
The armed terror operatives were “identified storing weapons and equipping themselves with weapons at the hospital compound, and using it as a place of shelter,” the military says.
The IDF says Hamas “continues to use hospitals in the Gaza Strip for terror purposes, cynically and brutally exploiting the civilian population in and around the hospital.”
During the strike, which was directed by the 990th Artillery Regiment and carried out by an Israeli Air Force drone, the IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm, “including the use of precise munition, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence.”
כלי טיס של חיל האוויר בהכוונת חטיבת האש (990) הפועלת תחת אוגדה 99, תקף במהלך הלילה חוליית מחבלים חמושה מארגון הטרור חמאס אשר פעלה בסמוך ומחוץ למתחם בית החולים 'אל מעמדאני', במרחב זיתון שבמרכז רצועת עזה.
המחבלים זוהו מאחסנים ומצטיידים בנשקים במתחם בית החולים והשתמשו בו כמחסה.… pic.twitter.com/mq0S4du2HY
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