Israeli special forces are operating in Nasser hospital, one of the main hospitals in the city of Khan Yunis, where the Israel Defence Forces have been fighting Hamas for several weeks.
IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari explained that the raid is based on ‘reliable intelligence’ about terrorist activity in the hospital. According to Hagari, there is also information, based on accounts given by released hostages as well as other sources, that several bodies of Israeli hostages abducted into Gaza during the 7th October attack are being kept there.
The IDF has been searching for the Israeli hostages in Gaza since the war began. It has managed to extract three hostages alive in complicated and dangerous operations. It has also found several bodies and repatriated them. Tragically, the IDF accidentally killed three hostages after mistaking them for enemy combatants.
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The IDF has notified the hospital about the raid in advance, and taken measures to minimise harm to civilians, hospital staff and medical equipment.
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