A terrorist captured from Kamal Adwan Hospital described the operations to an interrogator, explaining why terrorists hide in hospitals and what they do there. This hospital is the same one that Hamas Colonel Hussam Abu Safiya directed.

Safiya was arrested in December 2024 and has since been moved to solitary confinement. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, he has also served in the dual role of colonel in the Hamas Medical Military Services, a common tactic for terrorists: terrorist by night, ordinary civilian job by day; then when Israel nabs them, the international community denounces Israel for arresting and/or striking medical workers, journalists and others.

Safiya has also published opinion articles in The New York Times in his guise as a Gazan doctor, lending credibility to Hamas propaganda against Israel.

Below is the transcript of the interrogation of al-Sharif.

Interrogator: What is your name?

Terrorist: Anas Muhammad Faiz al-Sharif, 21 years old. I work at Kamal Adwan Hospital as a cleaning supervisor. I joined the Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas) in 2021 in the Nukhba Forces in the Western Battalion.

Interrogator: Where were you arrested?

Terrorist: Inside Kamal Adwan Hospital.

Interrogator: When you were at Kamal Adwan Hospital, who else was there?

Terrorist: There were people there, the staff, the medical team I work with daily and directly. There were also operatives from Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Al-Nasser division and other organizations in northern Gaza.

Interrogator: Why were you hiding in Kamal Adwan Hospital?

Terrorist: They believe it is a safe haven for them because the military cannot directly target it.

Interrogator: What do you mean when you say it is a safe haven?

Terrorist: Because there are civilians and patients there. They think the military cannot bomb it, such as with a missile from an F-16 or by demolishing the building.

Interrogator: Now, when the operatives were in the hospital, what were they doing?

Terrorist: The operatives were there, transporting equipment and weapons like AK-47s and pistols. The weapons were transferred to and from the hospital, from the outside in and from the inside out, within the hospital. It was used for observation and patrols. They leave the hospital late at night; they arrive at the hospital in the morning. Inside the hospital, they distribute the grenades and mortars and equipment for attacking tanks, for ambush positions and for tunnels underground, to the command and control center, whether at Kamal Adwan, Faluja [Jabaliya Camp] or in new locations where the operatives are located.