In the Gaza Strip, Hamas is waging war from hospitals,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters, adding that the group also uses fuel stored in these facilities to carry out its operations.
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On October 7, Hamas gunmen broke through Gaza’s heavily fortified border with Israel and, according to the Jewish state, killed more than 1,400 people. people, mostly civilians.
Israel responded to the attacks with an incessant bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
The Hamas-controlled health ministry said on Friday that 7,326 people had been killed in the Palestinian territories since the attack on Israel.
Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza enclave, leaving its residents with severe food, water and fuel shortages.
Hamas is the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip; it has been involved in several wars with Israel since taking over the Gaza Strip in 2007. The group has been recognized as a terrorist by Israel, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and some other countries.
Hamas is supported by Iran, financing the purchase of weapons, supplying them and providing military training. Hamas has a political office in Qatar, where some of its leaders are based.
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