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Severe warning

IDF ultimatum: stop using hospitals

Israel warns terror group to cease all military activity in civilian facilities including hospitals and medical centers in Gaza, or the army will be forced to act

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Israel's security establishment issued a severe and uncompromising warning to the Hamas terror organization on Tuesday: the group must immediately cease all military activity in civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities in the Gaza Strip. If the military activity does not stop completely, the IDF will be forced to act against the threat hovering over the area.

According to an IDF spokesperson's statement, throughout the war and in recent days, Hamas has chosen as part of its combat strategy to operate systematically from within civilian compounds in order to advance military plans against Israeli civilians and IDF forces. The organization continues to turn hospitals and medical facilities into covert terror headquarters, cynically exploiting civilian infrastructure.

IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip
IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip (Photo: IDF)

The warning comes against the backdrop of extensive IDF operational activity in the Gaza Strip as it continues its campaign to clear underground infrastructure in the Strip. The Northern Brigade forces recently destroyed an underground route a kilometer and a half long in the northern Gaza Strip, as part of the ongoing effort to dismantle Hamas's terror infrastructure.

Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered heightened alertness in Gaza ahead of October 7, in light of intelligence information about Hamas's intentions to create attacks and provocations.

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