Israeli soldiers inside Gaza's biggest hospital - BBC News
An eyewitness inside the hospital says they saw tanks and soldiers enter its main emergency department.
We've been reporting on Israel's claims - now backed up by the US - that Hamas has a base under Al-Shifa hospital. But as well as Al-Shifa, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have also made allegations about another Gaza City medical facility - Rantisi children's hospital.

On Monday night it released a six-minute video purporting to show evidence that Hamas had used the now-evacuated hospital building to detain hostages and store weapons.

The video has a large number of edits. It begins in the vicinity of the hospital where IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari stands outside a building which he says is the home of a senior Hamas figure. He then shows an underground shaft, which he says is a tunnel entrance.

In the video, Hagari does not enter the tunnel – saying the doors inside are bullet and explosive proof.

He is then shown at the “back side of the hospital”, outside a damaged building with the same distinctive colour scheme of Rantisi. There is no continuous take showing Hagari entering the hospital itself.

Daniel Hagari point to what the IDF says is a tunnel shaft Image caption: Daniel Hagari point to what the IDF says is a tunnel shaft

The video then shows Hagari inside rooms said to be in the basement of the hospital. World Health Organization branding is pictured on a wall-mounted control unit.

Hagari points out various pieces of “evidence” - including a cache of weapons laid out on the floor - that he says shows that the area was used by Hamas fighters to store weapons and hold hostages.

A key item is a document on the wall which he says shows a schedule for fighters guarding hostages. The top of this document mentions the “al-Aqsa flood” – Hamas’ codename for the 7 October attacks.

Hagari calls it a “guardian list, where every terrorist writes his name [and] has his own shift”. However, the Arabic words actually translate to the days of the week, not names.

He also points out a curtain hanging over a white-tiled wall, which he says could be used as a backdrop for hostage videos. Of the hostage videos released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad which we have seen so far, none have shown a matching pattern in the background.

BBC News has not visited the site and is not able to independently verify any of the allegations made by the IDF.

Hamas denies hiding under the cover of hospitals - a longstanding Israeli allegation. Its health ministry called the video "a theatrical farce".