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NEW DELHI: Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza to eradicate Hamas and uproot its infrastructure have recently focussed on hospitals in the Strip mainly due to information recovered by agents of the Israel Defense Forces' secret Unit 504.
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Days after Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, was declared a 'dead zone' following an operation by Israeli forces, another hospital in the Strip was struck by an Israeli missile killing at least 12 people on Monday.
The shift in focus of military operations has been in part due to information uncovered by Unit 504.
What is Unit 504?
IDF Unit 504 is the military's human spy network and Israel claims it has been vital in "unmasking Hamas' abuse of hospitals for a variety of terrorist and military purposes", reported The Jerusalem Post.
According to experts, Unit 504's goals tend to be less big-picture strategic than the Mossad (intelligence agency) and the Shin Bet (security agency, and they pertain more to ongoing military...