Hamas Prevents Shifa Hospital From Receiving Israeli Fuel Delivery

Jerusalem, 12 November, 2023 (TPS) -- The Israeli military provided 300 liters of fuel for urgent medical purposes for the Shifa Hospital, but Hamas prevented the hospital from receiving it, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday.

“Last night, the IDF coordinated the transfer of fuel for urgent medical use to the Shifa Hospital. Early [Sunday] morning, IDF troops arrived at the entrance of the hospital and placed 300 liters of fuel for urgent medical purposes,” the IDF statement said.

The statement was accompanied by a recording of a conversation between a senior Israeli official at the Coordination and Liaison Headquarters and a senior Gazan official at the Shifa Hospital to coordinate the delivery of fuel to the hospital’s entrance.

The statement also included video footage of soldiers delivering the fuel containers.

The statement added, “Later, the IDF received evidence that Hamas officials prevented the hospital from receiving the fuel.”

According to statements made by Hamas figures, it appears the IDF is encircling a triangle area of three hospitals where Hamas maintains its headquarters, the Shifa, Al-Quds and Indonesian Hospitals.

Hamas’s main headquarters is located under the massive Shifa Hospital complex in the northern Gaza Strip.

As reported by the Tazpit Press Service, Hamas makes extensive use of the Shifa Hospital. Believing that Israel would not attack a hospital during a war, Hamas leaders hide there, launch rockets from its compound, hide hostages in the bowels of the building, torture collaborators, and dig tunnels connecting Shifa to nearby sites. Israel also released a recording of a phone call confirming that Hamas also stores at least a half-million liters of fuel underneath Shifa.

Hamas has refused to allow Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza to the safer southern areas of the Strip.