Israeli soldiers discover a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital. The United Nations expresses concern over aid delivery to Palestinians via the Rafah crossing with Egypt. The army releases a video showing the tunnel entrance and a vehicle containing weapons found in the hospital.
Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza 's al-Shifa Hospital, the army said, while the United Nations voiced concern no aid would be delivered to Palestinians on Friday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt . The army released a video it claimed showed a tunnel entrance in an outdoor area of al-Shifa, Gaza 's biggest hospital.
The video, which the Reuters news agency could not immediately verify, showed a deep hole in the ground, littered with and surrounded by concrete and wood rubble and sand. It appeared the area had been excavated; a bulldozer appeared in the background. The army said its troops also found a vehicle in the hospital containing a large number of weapons. Hamas said in a statement late on Thursday that claims by the Pentagon and United States State Department that the group uses al-Shifa for military purposes "is a repetition of a blatantly false narrative, demonstrated by the weak and ridiculous performances of the occupation army spokesma
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