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Israel’s military has released security camera footage it says showed hostages being brought into al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 7.
The footage, which could not be independently verified, shows a man being dragged by his arms through what looks like an entrance hall, by several other men, some of whom are armed. Shortly after, another clip shows a man being wheeled on a gurney surrounded by a group of armed men, and others wearing hospital scrubs.
Both sequences had time stamps of shortly before 11 a.m. on October 7.
“Here you can see Hamas taking a hostage inside… they’re taking him inside the hospital,” said military spokesman Daniel Hagari, describing the two men as hostages from Nepal and Thailand.
“We have not yet located both of these hostages,” he added. “We do not know where they are.”
The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza has dismissed the statements made by the IDF, questioning the authenticity of the videos and stills. It added the footage shows that the “hospitals of the Ministry of Health provide their medical services to everyone who deserves them.”
Hamas said it has taken captives to the hospital for treatment after some had been “wounded” in airstrikes by Israel.
Since last week, Israel’s military has been searching the hospital for evidence of a Hamas command center it claims was located under the complex.
Hamas has been classified as a terrorist organization by the European Union, the United States, Germany and many other countries.
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