Director of Hospital in Gaza Admitted in Investigation: I was Recruited into Hamas

The General Security Service organization reveals that during an investigation, Ahmed Kahlot, the director of the 'Kamal Adwan' hospital in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, admitted that Hamas had turned hospitals into military facilities under Hamas control.

Kahlot said during the interrogation, "I was recruited to Hamas in 2010 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. There are workers in the hospital who are military operatives of Izz al-Din al-Qassam - doctors, nurses, paramedics, clerks, staff members."

He also said that "Hamas terrorists hide in hospitals because they believe that a hospital is a safe place. They will not be harmed if they are inside a hospital. There are about 16 workers in the hospital who are military operatives of Izz al-Din al-Qassam - doctors, nurses, paramedics, clerks, staff.

"Hamas has offices inside the hospitals. There are places for senior officials, they also brought a kidnapped soldier there. There is a designated place for investigations, internal security, and special security. They all have private phone lines inside the hospital. Hamas uses private ambulances. It has a different color, and it has no license plate. They used it to bring the kidnapped soldier and to transfer bodies. It comes and goes and does not drop off wounded people.

"Once I begged them to take a wounded man to the Indonesian hospital, to Shifa, for treatment, they refused. Their mission is more important." During his investigation, the director of the hospital was furious with the leadership of Hamas and said that "the leaders of Hamas are cowards. They left us in the field while they hide in hiding places. They destroyed us."