Joint announcement by the Shin Bet Spokesperson and the IDF Spokesperson:

Revealed in the Shin Bet investigation: Ahmed Kahlot, director of the 'Kamal Edwan' hospital in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, admits that Hamas has turned hospitals into a military facility under Hamas control: "I was recruited into Hamas in 2010 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. There are employees in the hospital who are military operatives of Ezz a-Din Al-Qassem - doctors, brothers, paramedic, clerks, staff members.*

Kahlot was arrested in the Gaza Strip on 12/12 at the Kamal Eduan hospital by the IDF and Shin Bet forces.

In his Shin Bet investigation, Ahmed Kahlot describes how Hamas uses hospitals for military use - hiding operatives, military activity, transporting staff and even bringing a kidnapped soldier to the hospital.

*Quotations from Ahmed Kahlot's Shin Bet investigation:*

"They hide in hospitals because they believe that a hospital is a safe place. They will not be harmed if they are inside a hospital."

*"There are about 16 employees in the hospital who are military operatives of Ezz a-Din Al-Qassem - doctors, brothers, paramedics, clerks, staff members."*

"Hamas has offices inside the hospitals. There are places for senior officials, they also brought a kidnapped soldier there. There is a designated place for investigations, internal security, and special security. They all have private phone lines inside the hospital."

*"Hamas uses private ambulances. It has a different color, and no license plate. It was used to bring the kidnapped soldier and to transfer bodies. He comes and goes and does not take down the wounded."*

*"Once I begged them to take a wounded man to an Indonesian hospital, for healing, for treatment, they refused. Their mission is more important."*

"The leaders of Hamas are cowards. They left us in the field while they hide in hiding places. They destroyed us.'