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    Israel concedes error in video claiming to show Hamas tunnels under Gaza hospital

    The Israeli military says a video it released that claimed to show Hamas-built tunnels underneath a southern Gaza hospital actually shows a different building.


    The Israeli military has conceded that a video it released claiming to show Hamas-built tunnels underneath a southern Gaza hospital was actually of a different building.

    On Tuesday, at least nine so-called bunker-busting missiles hit the European Hospital compound in Khan Younis, Gaza's last cancer and cardiac care hospital.

    At least 16 people were killed and more than 70 were injured. The hospital has now had to close due to the damage caused to buildings and water and sewage connections.

    Patients have been evacuated, although nearby intensive care units have struggled to accommodate the extra people.

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet (ISA) claimed Hamas had constructed a command centre underneath the hospital, and said it believed the group's military commander Mohammed Sinwar was killed in the attack.

    The IDF released a video late on Tuesday highlighting what it said was tunnel infrastructure.

    But analysis of satellite imagery shows the buildings highlighted are a school 150-200 metres away.

    "The underground infrastructure was located beneath the European Hospital compound, and passed under the adjacent area that was marked in the graphic," the IDF said in a statement.

    "In the joint IDF and ISA announcement published on Tuesday, regarding the underground infrastructure site that was struck, the area marked was adjacent to the hospital, and not the hospital itself."

    The IDF has continually insisted Hamas hides its operations in hospitals and other civilian buildings, but many of its claims are presented without evidence.

    The video published on Tuesday also provides no evidence to back up claims that markings seen in the footage show underground tunnels.

    Gaza's health ministry confirmed the European Hospital had been forced to close after the strikes.

    "The repeated targeting of the hospital makes it impossible to provide medical care, as it poses a risk to medical staff, the wounded, and patients," it said in a statement.

    "The European Gaza Hospital is the only hospital providing medical follow-up for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, following the destruction of the Turkish Friendship Hospital."


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