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Joint IDF and ISA announcement: The IDF and ISA struck a senior Hamas terrorist and additional terrorists who advanced terror attacks from a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip Overnight (Thursday), the IDF and ISA struck a senior Hamas terrorist and additional terrorists from Hamas’ military wing while they were operating within Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The terrorists were targeted in an aerial strike to eliminate the threat they posed, after the Hamas terrorist organization had established a presence within the hospital complex and used it as a command center for military and terrorist activities against IDF troops and the State of Israel. Hamas' activities which constitute a blatant violation of international law and a cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure, included, among other things: * Storing weapons within the hospital complex. * Conducting interrogations and torture by Hamas’ internal security and intelligence services within the hospital complex. - Operating command-and-control rooms from within the hospital complex. - Using hospital facilities as observation posts and shelters for terrorists. The IDF and the ISA strongly condemn the Hamas terrorist organization’s cynical exploitation of civilian and medical infrastructure for military purposes, while endangering the lives of patients, medical personnel, and civilians. Prior to and during the strike, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance. The IDF will provide further updates regarding the results of the strike. Attached are an illustration and a graphic depicting the hospital where the terrorists were hiding: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC12112698998 Attached is a graphic illustrating Hamas’ use of hospitals in the Gaza Strip for terrorist purposes: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC1211266767 Attached is a conversation between an IDF officer at the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) and a senior official in the Gazan health system: https://bit.ly/4jbJGuL