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Inside the Operation to Take Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalya

(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The northernmost half of northern Gaza has been progressively emptied of most Palestinian terrorists and civilians since early October. Last week, the IDF targeted Hamas's latest attempt to reconstitute itself in northern Gaza, embedded within the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalya. In the weeks before the operation, the IDF cleared improvised explosive devices in the vicinity of the hospital as well as for most of the pathways and potential escape routes to and from the hospital. The IDF also engaged in a few targeted attacks on smaller Hamas cells near the hospital, but was careful to avoid attacking the hospital itself. This was part of a strategy to lull the Hamas terrorists hiding in the hospital into a false sense of security. When the IDF finally attacked on Friday, it needed only an hour to control all routes to and from the hospital to lock down and block any Hamas terrorist escape attempts. There was a short initial battle between Hamas terrorists and IDF soldiers, but all of the terrorists were quickly killed. Two groups of terrorists also tried to escape in two different directions, but they were also killed by IDF forces. As hundreds of Palestinians emerged from the hospital, in the first ambulance of "patients," the IDF found that 13 out of 21 passengers were uninjured and were terrorists pretending to be patients. The arsenal of weapons found in the hospital was smaller than in other Hamas-run hospitals, as Hamas had moved much of its weaponry to apartments across the street from the hospital. These weapons were also confiscated. No IDF casualties were reported during the mission. Over 240 terrorists were arrested.
2024-12-31 00:00:00
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