Shortly after midnight on Monday, Hamas admitted on its Telegram channel that it had fired mortar shells at IDF troops in the vicinity of Shifa Hospital.
"Hamas is responsible for what’s going on in Israel right now," he added. "Hamas is pimping Palestinians to achieve its goal... Just as it has historically always hidden behind women and children"
Saftawi says it's the first time in a decade that he's been able to speak on this publicly.
Gaza residents say that Israeli airstrikes are returning to the same areas Hamas formerly withdrew from.
Sinwar has a massive network of people who seem like innocent civilians but are actually passing information to him. The planner of the October 7 massacre uses children in his network.
Many weapons and other pieces of military equipment were confiscated and destroyed besides those found in the kindergarten.
Israel remains committed to conducting “humane” warfare, seeking pride in being deemed “the most moral military in the world,” even if it comes at the cost of lethality and operational success.
Hamas and Hezbollah’s use of civilians as human shields is not only a serious violation of international laws of war, but it also stands in stark contradiction to the teachings of the Quran.
Why did the IDF find more traces of hostages and more powerful weapons at the Rantisi Hospital only a few days ago?
Post-October 7, the ICC is far more committed to delving into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – and potentially the IDF’s conduct – than what top Israeli lawyers had hoped for.