Israeli commandos raid West Bank hospital while disguised as doctors, Muslim women and kill 3 Palestinian militants: Report

Israeli commandos raided a West Bank hospital Tuesday while disguised as doctors and Muslim women and killed three Palestinian militants, Reuters reported, citing witnesses and authorities.

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The Israeli military said the raid on Ibn Sina hospital in Jenin was a joint undercover operation that its army, Shin Bet security service, and border police carried out, the outlet noted.

The military said one of those killed was Hamas member Mohammad Walid Jalamna, who was planning an Oct. 7-style attack, and that the two others killed were brothers Basel Al-Ghazzawi and Mohammad Al-Ghazzawi who were part of the Jenin Brigade and the armed wing of the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, Reuters reported.

The outlet added that the Islamic Jihad said the Al-Ghazzawi brothers were members of its armed wing, and Hamas confirmed that Jalamna belonged to its Al Qassam Brigade.

Hospital surveillance video showed about 10 people dressed in medical scrubs and in headscarves and women's clothing going through a corridor armed with rifles, Reuters said.

The hospital's director, Dr. Naji Nazzal, told the outlet that the commandos entered the hospital around 5:30 a.m. and killed the three men with head shots while they were sleeping. He added to the outlet that Basil Ayman Al-Ghazzawi had been paralyzed due to a spinal injury since Oct. 25 and was receiving treatment at the hospital.

The Israeli military told Reuters that the trio had been hiding in the hospital and said it was "another example of the cynical use of civilian areas and hospitals as shelters and human shields by terrorist organizations."

Israel's military chief Herzi Halevi told troops near Gaza that "we are even more determined not to allow hospitals in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Lebanon, above ground or in tunnel shafts and tunnels under hospitals, to become a place that is a cover for terrorism," the outlet said, adding that Hamas has denied the allegations.

Reuters added that thousands of mourners filled the streets as the three Palestinian militants were buried.

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