The Israeli army said on Monday that it had uncovered a terror tunnel at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis following an assassination attempt on senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, but aerial footage released by the military shows a tunnel located beneath a nearby school.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit responded by saying that the tunnel extended beneath both the hospital and the adjacent area highlighted in the footage. However, no evidence has been presented to substantiate this claim.
The IDF released the footage on Tuesday, just hours after the strike, under the title “The European Hospital.” The video shows a building marked with signs of what is described as exposed underground infrastructure following the attack. In the statement accompanying the footage, the army claimed that “the IDF and Shin Bet security service destroyed a Hamas underground terror infrastructure located beneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.”
However, a review of the maps and aerial footage reveals that the structure is not the hospital but the nearby Jenin School. The school’s Facebook page features numerous photos of its courtyard, which is the exact location where the IDF claims the tunnel was dug.
In November, AP published an investigation reviewing the evidence the IDF presented regarding three hospitals in northern Gaza – Al-Shifa, Al-Awda and the Indonesian Hospital. The report said that Israel provided minimal, if any, evidence of a significant Hamas presence in these hospitals.
Israel has the means to discover and expose evidence. Israel has the need for positive PR. But Israel consistently does not provide satisfactory evidence for their actions. Best case, they only have “reasonable” suspicion from a military standpoint. At best they think they should be blowing up hospitals for reasons, but know people won’t accept the collection of evidence they have, and so this is what happens.
To rephrase for lemmings: Israel bad. Israel want evidence. Israel can get evidence. But Israel no provide evidence. Probably because there’s no evidence.
There was no need for this Hulk speech. Sounds condescending and arrogant.