VIDEO/ Israel publishes footage of the airstrike that killed the leader of Hamas

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VIDEO/ Israel publishes footage of the airstrike that killed the leader of Hamas

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim to have killed a Hamas commander who reportedly held 1,000 Gazans hostage in a hospital.

They released a video on their social networks where they said the leader of al-Furqan Brigade, Ahmed Siam, "was hiding in Al Buraq school together with other terrorists".

It is further alleged that Siam had held around a thousand Gazans hostage in Al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City and used them as 'human shields'.

The IDF claimed to have killed Siam in a joint operation with the country's Shin Bet intelligence agency around midday on Friday, US newspaper The Hill reports.

Daniel Hagari, the IDF spokesman, wrote in X: “Ahmed Siam was killed when he hid in a school, where a number of Hamas terrorists under his command hid and were killed with him. Ahmed Siam is another example of the use of Gaza Strip residents and civilian facilities by the terrorist organization Hamas as a human shield for the terrorist needs of the organization."

Palestinian officials said on Friday that at least 25 Palestinians had been killed in an Israeli attack on the school, which was packed with evacuees. Meanwhile, Gaza's hospitals have been under fire for the past few days, while intense fighting continues.

The IDF said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, where Palestinian officials have said two newborns died and dozens more were at risk after fuel ran out amid intense fighting across the enclave. The hospital was forced to suspend operations after it ran out of fuel, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, causing two newborns out of 45 being treated there to die.


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