17 Nov 2023

Palestine ambassador on Al-Shifa raid

From Morning Report, 8:29 am on 17 November 2023

A day after storming into Gaza's largest hospital, Israeli forces say they have found proof that Hamas was using it as a command centre.

The army released a video, which has not been independently verified, showing weapons and equipment it said it had found hidden in the Al Shifa hospital.

But it has produced no evidence so far of the extensive tunnel network and Hamas bunkers it has claimed are underneath the hospital.

Israel began striking Gaza after Hamas's 7 October attacks, in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 hostages were taken.

The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 11,500 people have been killed in Gaza since then.

Ambassador Izzat Salah Abdulhadi head of the general delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific spoke to Corin Dann.