Hamas's Operations Department Head Was Not Arrested in Shifa. IDF: Graphic Error

March 22, 2024   

The IDF spokesman and Shin Bet spokeswoman addressed today (Friday) claims about the failure to arrest senior Hamas figure Ra'ad Sa'ad, head of the terrorist organization's operations department. Public transportation on Purim: How will you get home from Jerusalem? • All the details The statement said: "Due to human error, several images of terrorists who have not yet been captured are included in the graphic, but who, according to the information we have, are in the hospital area and are barricading themselves in it. IDF forces are continuing their efforts to arrest them. The claim that this is psychological warfare is devoid of any foundation." Yesterday, a picture of senior Hamas figure Raed Saad was distributed in an official statement by the IDF spokesman regarding the Hamas figures who were arrested. However, according to a report by journalist Itay Blumenthal of Kan News, the senior Hamas figure has not yet been arrested by IDF forces at Shifa Hospital in Gaza, which raises questions about the IDF spokesman's statement from yesterday - and undermines his credibility during the war. A security source told Kan News that according to estimates, Saad is at Shifa Hospital, but he has not yet been arrested. "In normal times and certainly during war, the credibility of the IDF spokesman's statements is of dramatic importance. "In the photo that was distributed, there are apparently additional terrorists who have not yet been arrested," Blumenthal noted.