Former Israeli PM: ‘Khan Younis is the real headquarters of Hamas’

“We haven’t yet even come to the heart of this operation. Khan Younis, which is in the southern part of Gaza Strip, is the real headquarters of Hamas.” Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Euronews that the underground command centre of Hamas is located in Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, not at al-Shifa hospital in the north of the strip. Shona Murray, the Euronews correspondent interviewing him, quizzed him on previous Israeli statements which said that al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza was allegedly where Hamas was operating from and that there had been no evidence of that. “I don’t know, there is so much fake news, it is part of life. But if you had asked me two weeks ago, I would have said the centre is really in Khan Younis.” The comments come as the Israeli military has dropped leaflets in south Gaza ordering people to leave their homes and head to shelters, in order to allow Israeli forces to reach Hamas. Around 1.1 million people in north Gaza were forced to leave their homes when Israeli forces dropped leaflets ordering them to leave, with no guarantee of their return. Many civilians were targeted with air strikes and bombs while they were leaving for the south. Subscribe to our channel: Subscribe to MEE Telegram channel to stay up to date: Middle East Eye Website: Follow us on TikTok: @middleeasteye Follow us on Instagram: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: