Israel accuses Hamas of stashing fuel under Gaza's biggest hospital as Blinken lands

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The Israel Defense Forces released a recording on Friday of what it claimed was a phone call in which a Gaza medical official acknowledged Hamas’s fuel reserves were being hoarded under the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.

In a call that took place yesterday, on November 2nd with an official in the Medical System in Gaza, it was revealed again that Hamas is holding the fuel reserves in the Gaza Strip and is using it >> pic.twitter.com/eXADezfwFo Israel has indicated it would allow fuel to enter Gaza via the Rafah crossing if hospitals do run out, but IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said none have. Hamas is believed to base its main operations under Shifa hospital, the medical facility that is the subject of the newly released recording, per the IDF.Blinken arrived in Israel on Friday, his third trip to Israel since the terrorist attacks on Oct.

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