Destroying the evidence in Gaza

Editor's note: What did we post about hospitals being "network nodes in the technocratic surveillance and digital control systems?" We wrote that "if the US was behind dropping a JDAM munition on the hospital in Gaza, it's possible that it was done by the Israelis so that the networked information systems were not discovered." Then we come to the recent deliberate attack on the Israeli bombing of the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Take a look around to see just how enraged people are about this particular bombing by Israel. Israel bombed the Al Shifa hospital because as they claim it was the location of an "underground Hamas command center." It turns out now Israel built the underground facility with an operating room and a tunnel network beneath the Al Shifa hospital in 1983 when Israel controlled Gaza. Destroying evidence? Those networked systems underneath the Al Shifa Hospital that would have allowed for Hamas to coordinate its attack on Israel - with Israel's knowledge.

"Train the terrorists and they will come" - Hospitals are network nodes - Al Ahili Arab Baptist Hospital in north Gaza
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The Real Story About Al Shifa Hospital, Hamas and Israel

15 November 2023 | by Larry Johnson | 31 Comments

A tip of the hat to Bernard at Moon of Alabama. He has a knack for finding hidden gems and his latest is a doozy. Most of the media is peddling Israel’s Big Lie that Hamas has its headquarters and the hostages underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Here is one example:

Israel-Gaza war: US says Hamas has command centre under Al-Shifa hospital – BBC – November 14 2023

But Bernard then links to an astonishing article from 2014. DID YOU GET THAT? Nine years ago — July 29, 2014 to be precise — The Tablet published this: Top Secret Hamas Command Bunker in Gaza Revealed. To quote Yogi Berra, it is Deja Vu all over again. Check out what was published in The Tablet for yourself.

The idea that one of Hamas' main command bunkers is located beneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is one of the worst-kept secrets of the Gaza war. So why aren't reporters in Gaza ferreting it out? The precise location of a large underground bunker equipped with sophisticated communications equipment and housing some part of the leadership of a major terrorist organization beneath a major hospital would seem to qualify as a world-class scoop—the kind that might merit a Pulitzer, or at least a Polk.

So why isn't the fact that Hamas uses Shifa Hospital as a command post making headlines? In part, it's because the location is so un-secret that Hamas regularly meets with reporters there. On July 15, for example, William Booth of the Washington Post wrote that the hospital "has become a de facto headquarters for Hamas leaders, who can be seen in the hallways and offices." Back in 2006, PBS even aired a documentary showing how gunmen roam the halls of the hospital, intimidate the staff, and deny them access to protected locations within the building—where the camera crew was obviously prohibited from filming. Yet the confirmation that Hamas is using Gaza City's biggest hospital as its de facto headquarters was made in the last sentence of the eighth paragraph of Booth’s story—which would appear to be the kind of rookie mistake that is known in journalistic parlance as "burying the lede."

And how did Israel learn this "open" secret? The Tablet article provides the surprising answer:

The Israelis are so sure about the location of the Hamas bunker, however, not because they are trying to score propaganda points, or because it has been repeatedly mentioned in passing by Western reporters—but because they built it. Back in 1983, when Israel still ruled Gaza, they built a secure underground operating room and tunnel network beneath Shifa hospital—which is one among several reasons why Israeli security sources are so sure that there is a main Hamas command bunker in or around the large cement basement beneath the area of Building 2 of the Hospital, which reporters are obviously prohibited from entering.

Just imagine that. Not only did Israel help fund Hamas in order to weaken the Palestinian Authority (see video below), but it built part of their damn underground bunker system.

How many think that Israel is lying about Hamas NOW using Al Shifa Hospital as its base? Raise you hands. (My hand is up.) This is not the only piece of propaganda Israel has pushed in order to expel the Palestinians from Gaza and take control of the land. Besides falsely claiming that Hamas beheaded forty babies and wantonly raped Israeli women, Israel is pushing a whopper of a tale about Hamas using the Rantisi Children's Hospital as a hideout for holding hostages. Before you watch the video evidence below please take a look at Rowan Atkinson's comedy bit. Why? The IDF spokesman in the video filmed in the bowels of Rantisi sure looks and sounds like Mr. Atkinson.

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