Terrorists had planted explosive devices and booby traps in the area surrounding the hospital’s compound.
“Reduce your Facebook comments so you don’t have to visit us,” one of the dissidents was warned by the Hamas electronic crimes unit.
The IDF has dismantled Hamas’s 24 battalions.
"The tunnel was hidden in a child's yard, a place where a child should be safe, and not used as a human shield for Hamas."
Hamas deliberately embedded its military assets used to carry out attacks against Israel next to humanitarian infrastructure and the civilian population.
Spencer claims that Israel went above and beyond what was expected of a state in an attempt to prevent harm to non-combatants.
Hamas uses civilian homes to stockpile weapons, dresses its fighters as civilians and moves through an extensive tunnel network to sneak up on and ambush Israeli soldiers.
The IDF took preventive measures to mitigate harm to uninvolved civilians, enabling civilians to evacuate from the area on time, the military said.
The IDF found dozens of terrorists to be hiding in UNRWA schools and eliminated the facilities along with other Hamas terrorist infrastructures.
Hamas has used the human shield tactic at least since 2007.
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