IDF and Shin Bet Reveal Hamas Uses Gaza's Nasser Hospital for Interrogations and Torture

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet disclosed intelligence indicating that Hamas is conducting interrogations and torture within the Nasser Hospital complex in Khan Younis, Gaza. According to their joint statement on Thursday, Hamas security forces operate interrogation centers on the second floor of the outpatient clinics building, known as the Yassin structure. This facility is reportedly used not only for medical purposes but also as a political and military hub for Hamas activities, including extortion and enforcement.

The IDF and Shin Bet claim Hamas is intensifying its security operations amid declining public support in Gaza, aiming to maintain control through fear, interrogations, and torture. The hospital continues to serve as a central military infrastructure for Hamas in southern Gaza, with patients and staff witnessing the constant presence of armed Hamas operatives, some masked, throughout the complex.

Additional interrogation centers are said to be located in a building formerly used as hospital offices, then a cafeteria, and later a prayer house, now repurposed by Hamas for security operations. The Israeli agencies stressed that Hamas’s use of civilian medical facilities for military purposes violates international law prohibiting such practices.

The IDF warned Gaza residents about Hamas’s exploitation of civilian institutions, including hospitals and schools, to consolidate power and inflict harm on the population and medical personnel. The statement emphasized that this is not an isolated incident but part of a broader pattern of Hamas embedding military activities within civilian infrastructure.