New Gaza hospital hosts Hamas captives, UN health agency under fire for inaction.

Several terrorists who were captured by Israeli forces last month have confessed that Israeli captives were held at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, according to exclusive information obtained by Planet Chronicle Digital.

The IDF recently arrested 240 terrorists at a hospital in Gaza, accusing the hospital director, Hussam Abu Safiya, of collaborating with Hamas and allowing the group to infiltrate the facility.

Another Hamas militant, Anas Muhammad Faiz al-Sharif, who worked as a cleaning supervisor at a hospital in northern Gaza and joined the Nukhba forces of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades in 2021, revealed to Israeli interrogators that the facility was considered a "safe haven" because the Israeli military could not directly target it.

Terrorists inside the hospital distributed grenades and mortars, as well as equipment for ambushing IDF troops and tanks, according to him.

Would the WHO condemn Hamas' use of hospitals for military purposes, as claimed by the IDF in their new allegations about Adwan Hospital?

The spokesman emphasized that according to the International Humanitarian Law, healthcare workers and facilities must be protected at all times. They cannot be attacked or used for military purposes. This is crucial to safeguard both civilians and the health systems and infrastructure that communities rely on for essential care and continuity of services.

"The failure to safeguard and value healthcare has a devastating impact. It causes harm initially and then prolongs the rebuilding process of health systems for months or years."

Healthcare facilities must not be used for military purposes, and even if they are, there are strict conditions that must be met before any action can be taken against them. IHL requires that a warning be given before any attack, and even then, disproportionate attacks are strictly prohibited.

According to Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former Trump National Security Council official, several international organizations operating in Gaza likely had direct knowledge of Hamas using hospitals as terror headquarters but only publicly protested Israel's attempt to clear the terrorists. The Red Cross, UNRWA, and World Health Organization were all collaborators.

Goldberg advised Elise Stefanik, President Trump's nominee for U.N. ambassador, to investigate each of the agencies she will be dealing with and demand documents and personnel interviews. If the agencies do not comply, they will face consequences.

On Monday, one of Trump's initial actions was to withdraw the United States from the WHO.

Over 700 terrorists were detained during the IDF operation in northern Gaza, including Hamas commanders who participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel. Among those captured were more than a dozen individuals involved in kidnapping or holding Israeli hostages in Gaza.

The IDF destroyed thousands of weapons, including RPGs hidden in a hospital during the operation aimed at eliminating Hamas's Northern Brigade and removing the terror group's presence from the civilian population. IDF troops conducted raids ranging from a few hours to a full day, with the longer ones involving searches for weapons and terrorists in the hospital.

According to former Shin Bet agent Gonen Ben Itzhak, who was the handler of former Hamas informant Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a Hamas founder, visual intelligence can easily reveal when Hamas brings guns and ammunition into the hospital. Even with just one human source, it is possible to obtain information on what is happening inside. From a signal point of view, terrorists use phones and walkie-talkies, which can be intercepted.

The Israeli military facilitated and secured the transfer of the hospital's operations to the nearby Indonesian Hospital after almost no fighting took place inside the hospital, from which some 950 people were eventually evacuated, all before the IDF's final raid.

The former Palestinian Authority official, Kamal Adwan, told Planet Chronicle Digital that Hamas' use of hospitals was "immoral" and known to endanger patients and health workers, even as the United Nations and the international community condemned Jerusalem for its anti-terrorism campaign.

Recently, Adnan al-Damiri gained popularity on social media due to a post by the Israel-based Palestinian Media Watch organization, which revealed that Hamas had summoned a Gazan reporter for questioning at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, located in the southern Strip.

"I created this post to demonstrate to Palestinians that Hamas is harming the people of Gaza, even in hospitals. Hamas claims their fight is against the occupation, but the truth is they exploit our population," al-Damiri stated. He pointed out that the post on social media was sent to him by a friend of a Gazan who was summoned for questioning.

He stated that the document was real and he was not afraid of Hamas.

In December 2023, Ahmed Kahlout, who was the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital at the time, confessed to Israeli interrogators that he and other staff were Hamas operatives. Kahlout revealed how Hamas utilized ambulances to conceal operatives, transport terrorist teams, and deliver a kidnapped IDF soldier.

Basem Naim, a member of Hamas' political bureau in Gaza, stated to Planet Chronicle Digital that his "resistance movement recognizes the significance of adhering to international humanitarian law and fulfilling its responsibilities, while also comprehending the requirements of our people for essential services and the necessity of safeguarding them.

Hamas has not used any hospital as a military base or a shelter for fighters, and Israel was unable to provide evidence to support its claims about aggressions against hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

Naim stated that Israel is fully responsible and accountable for the lives of Dr. Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, and the dozens of other medics who were kidnapped by Israeli forces. Dr. Safiya is not a Hamas member.

The IDF began publishing evidence of Hamas's use of hospitals for terror purposes a month after the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre. In a November 2023 recording, a Gaza health official confirmed that Hamas had stored more than half a million liters (over 132,000 gallons) of fuel under Shifa Hospital, the Strip's largest medical center.

In 2023, Hamas was accused of using Shifa as a major command center and storing weapons in the MRI building. On Nov. 19, 2023, the IDF released surveillance footage of armed terrorists bringing hostages into Shifa. The IDF discovered the remains of two Israeli hostages, Noa Marciano and Yehudit Weiss, in the vicinity of Shifa last year.