The IDF said that, of 940 Palestinians who passed through an army checkpoint outside the hospital, 240 were detained for being alleged members of terror groups. In all, some 600 civilians and another 95 patients, caregivers, and medical personnel were evacuated from Kamal Adwan.Of the 240 terror operatives, the IDF said that at least 15 participated in the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which started the ongoing war. Several others are considered to be prominent commanders in the Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups, the military said.Several operatives who carried out a deadly attack on troops in Jabalia earlier this month were also nabbed, the IDF added.The IDF said some of the terror operatives posed as medical staff and patients, and some tried to leave on stretchers and in ambulances. Of a first group of 21 patients leaving the hospital, the military said that 13 turned out to be suspected terror operatives.
According to Spencer, the IDF has developed two main tactics to deal with this challenge: "The IDF will usually surround the hospital and call the terrorists out, while at the same time using advanced facial recognition technology that allows it to identify Hamas operatives who are 'infiltrating' among the civilians." In an interview, he says that "an officer told me that Hamas operatives will usually try to look extremely poor, in wheelchairs and on crutches, or walking around holding a sick baby.""I think the tactics here are unique," Spencer emphasizes in an interview. "The way the IDF protected innocents, without losing any of the terrorists who escaped, shows an impressive improvement in reducing the ratio between harming innocents and harming and arresting Hamas members. Gathering intelligence and taking action so quickly is quite amazing."
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