Yes, the head of the IDF Southern Command , Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, stated on Friday that the Palestinian terror group Hamas has a “clear presence” in all Gaza hospitals. During an assessment at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Israeli forces uncovered an entrance to a Hamas tunnel and a cache of weapons, supporting the claim of Hamas’ presence in these medical facilities. The Israel Defense Forces released images showing the tunnel shaft found within the hospital complex.
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated in a briefing on Friday that additional underground infrastructure was discovered at Shifa Hospital, and ongoing searches in the complex are being conducted to gather information about hostages. This announcement came approximately 48 hours after the IDF initiated a raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, asserting that Hamas’s main command center is situated beneath it.
Over the past day, the military said it recovered the bodies of two Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 from the area of Shifa Hospital.
On Thursday evening, the IDF said troops had located the body of Yehudit Weiss in a building near the medical center’s compound. On Friday morning, the IDF said it had also recovered the body of Cpl. Noa Marciano a day earlier from another building adjacent to Shifa, three days after announcing she had been killed in Hamas captivity. the IDF Southern Command
Hagari said in an evening press conference that the military would “continue to deepen our operational activity at Shifa Hospital. Today, we found more underground infrastructure, and to collect every bit of information on the hostages.”