IDF operates against Hamas terror hub near Jabalya hospital

The IDF conducted a limited operation against terrorists and terror infrastructure in the area of Jabalya's Indonesian Hospital, Israel's military said on Tuesday evening.

It explained that the reason for the operation was due to terrorists carrying out strikes against the IDF from the area of the hospital, which included anti-missile attacks.

It is also said that terrorists had planted explosive devices and booby traps in the area surrounding the hospital’s compound. 

The IDF said it apprehended a number of terrorists during the operation, including a terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7 Hamas attacks. It said that the troops killed five additional terrorists. 

It also emphasized that measures were taken to mitigate harm to the civilian population, which indcuded medical personal and patients from the hosptial.

Evcauting civilians 

Defined evacuation routes were created for evacuation with ambulances for transportation to additional hospitals. 

The IDF also noted that the operation was conducted after multiple warnings were issued to the Gazan Health Ministry regarding terrorist activity being conducted within the hospital. 

Israel's military added that the use of the hospital for terror activities was a further example of how Hamas "violates international law by exploiting civilian infrastructure and the Gazan population as human shields."