Exposure. Another Israeli gesture: 9 ambulances that arrived from Egypt will be brought into the Gaza Strip through an Israeli crossing. This was reported by Sruggim.
The nine ambulances were transferred through the Nitzana crossing and entered Israel, from where they will make their way through the Israeli crossings along with the aid trucks to the Palestinian concentration in the central camps and Khan Younis. It is not unlikely that this step is part of the understandings related to the negotiations for the return of the hostages, which are being mediated by Egypt.
Hamas used ambulances to transport terrorists.
In November of last year, the IDF spokesperson published a phone conversation between two Hamas operatives, in which they discussed whether they had enough ambulances at their disposal. Throughout the months of the war, Hamas used ambulances to transport weapons and Hamas operatives. In an interrogation by the Shin Bet, terrorists from the Gaza Strip who served as ambulance drivers stated that they were obligated to respond immediately upon receiving an order, whether to assist in the abduction of an Israeli soldier or in the theft of weapons, regardless of their location.
In the video revealed by the IDF and intelligence agencies, the terrorists being interrogated in the Shin Bet rooms disclose how Hamas uses civilian infrastructure as cover for murderous terrorist activities. Among the details revealed by the terrorists are the ways in which the Hamas terrorist organization uses ambulances to transport weapons and terrorists within the Gaza Strip. This is another example of the cynical exploitation by the Hamas terrorist organization of civilian infrastructure and their hiding behind the local population in the Strip.
Among the details revealed by the security agencies are phone conversations intercepted by the intelligence branches between two Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip. During the conversation, one commander suggests sending an ambulance to pick up the additional terrorist mentioned in the conversation, who informs the first commander that there is no need for that and that he has access to all the ambulances he will need.
"The Jews do not harm ambulances."
During the interrogation, one of the terrorists said that using an ambulance is effective because there is less fear of it being attacked. The terrorist added that some factions in Gaza have their own ambulances, identical to the other ambulances. Some of the hostages were even abducted by ambulances to Hamas headquarters at Shifa Hospital.
