Overview

• NGO Monitor on Sept. 10 published IDF‑declassified 2020 memos from Hamas’s Interior Ministry that outline a strategy to embed militants and leadership within Gaza hospitals.
• The documents depict hospitals as command hubs, gathering points for leaders and wounded operatives, and sources of intelligence during escalations.
• The memos say Hamas tightly managed foreign medical delegations by requiring security authorization, assigning escorts, and restricting their movement and workspace inside facilities.
• Examples cited include an ICRC wing in Al‑Shifa adjacent to offices used by Hamas and an MSF room at Abu Yousef El‑Najar that used a secure landline.
• Coverage notes that ICRC and MSF have condemned Israeli actions at hospitals but have not affirmed the documents’ assertions about militant presence, with MSF stating it has no direct information and the ICRC emphasizing hospital protections under humanitarian law.