Indonesia denies an Israeli claim made yesterday that a hospital built in the Gaza Strip using Indonesian funding sits atop a network of Hamas tunnels and is located near a launchpad for rocket attacks on Israel.
The hospital, situated in northern Gaza near the fortified border with Israel, was built using Indonesian charity funds.
“The Indonesian Hospital in Gaza is a facility built by the Indonesian people entirely for humanitarian purposes and to serve the medical needs of the Palestinian people in Gaza,” says Indonesia’s foreign ministry in a statement Tuesday.
The statement came after IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari revealed new intelligence on Sunday he said provided further evidence that the Hamas terror group was using medical facilities in Gaza for terror purposes, including the Indonesian Hospital.
Hagari reported that the IDF has intelligence of a tunnel network under the Hospital, as well as aerial imagery showing rocket launchers a few dozen meters from the complex.
“Hamas systematically built the Indonesian Hospital to disguise its underground terror infrastructure,” Hagari said.
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