This week, Brigade Combat Group (TsAKAH) 401, Naval Special Forces "Shayetet 13", fighters and coordinators of the Shin Bet at the headquarters of the 162 division conducted a special operation at the Shifa hospital. The division operated for a week in the north and center of the Gaza Strip and dealt a significant blow to Hamas' terrorist capabilities.

By this time, about 600 terrorists had been arrested, more than 140 terrorists had been killed in the firefights. During the search of the hospital complex, large quantities of weapons and ammunition were found, as well as a lot of materials and intelligence data, the analysis of which helps to better plan the continuation of hostilities.

Islamic Jihad militants, who had taken refuge in the hospital, decided to surrender: high-ranking commanders of the organization, all of them were taken to the Shin Bet for interrogation. Among those arrested are Huasam Salameh, who is in charge of observers in the Gaza Division and his brother, Vasam Salameh, who is in charge of Islamic Jihad’s military propaganda.

Three high-ranking activists of the West Bank headquarters in Hamas who control and direct terrorist activities in Judea and Samaria were also arrested. These are Amar Azida, the head of the Hamas Shechem Committee, Mahmoud Kawasmeh, who, among others, organized and carried out the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in 2014, and Hamdallah Hassan Ali, who has been involved in the development of terror in Judea and Samaria for recent years. All of them were arrested and sent for questioning to the Shin Bet.

The military operation in the Shifa hospital continues, it is accompanied by numerous clashes and shootings. The armed forces continue to search the territory of the hospital complex, search and find ammunition, arrest and eliminate terrorists.
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