The IDF and Shin Bet announced that security forces eliminated some 20 terrorists and arrested many more in the raid on the Shifa hospital compound.
A great deal of money and weapons used by terrorist organizations were also seized during the raid, which was carried out by forces from the 162nd Division, the 401st Brigade's Combat Team, and the Shayetet 13 elite naval forces.
The IDF announced that it was entering Shifa hospital due to precise intelligence regarding the presence of Hamas leaders in the area and the presence of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure.
The IDF Spokesperson said that the forces were specially trained and briefed to operate in the hospital area without harming patients or staff. The IDF Spokesperson also informed the hospital director via phone that the IDF would be operating in the area.
The IDF alsoeliminated Hamas' head of operations for internal security Faiq Mabhouh in a raid on the Shifa hospital compound.
According to the IDF, Mabhouh was responsible among other things for coordinating Hamas organizations in wartime and peacetime. He was eliminated while still armed and hiding in the hospital area, and a great deal of weaponry was discovered in the room next to him.
