The Gaza government responds to Israeli allegations of a tunnel under the European Hospital.

The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip denied the Israeli occupation army's allegations regarding the existence of a tunnel under the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.

He confirmed that army forces had excavated the site and placed a pipe, which they later claimed was a tunnel, and filmed a mock scene near the hospital's emergency department.

The government office said in a statement on Sunday that the occupation's narrative is "fabricated, flawed, and full of loopholes and fabricated allegations, and does not stand up to even the slightest degree of scrutiny and logic."

The office explained that the video published by the Israeli army shows the mouth of the alleged tunnel as "a narrow iron tube, too narrow for even a person to pass through, containing no stairs or equipment, and in no way suitable for a tunnel."

He confirmed that the area shown in the video clip is a "rainwater drainage area."

He explained that the Israeli army had dug excavations at the site, "placed the pipe, and filmed a scene near the hospital's emergency department, which was crowded with patients and visitors."

The government office pointed to previous Israeli allegations of tunnels under Al-Shifa Hospital, where only an old well was found. The army attempted to portray it as a tunnel. It also did the same at Hamad Hospital, where it promoted a water room as a tunnel.

He continued, saying that in previous instances, "the truth was quickly revealed and the falsity of the Israeli claims was exposed."

Refuting the Israeli narrative, the government office said that Israel "previously announced its intention to destroy the health system and admitted to using bunker-busting bombs weighing more than 40 tons to destroy the infrastructure of the European Hospital. So how could intact, unburned bodies be displayed at a site the occupation claims to have bombed with such ferocity?"

The office pointed out that the video clip published by the Israeli occupation army included an unprofessional cut-and-paste process, as the scene at second 14 is completely different from what it appears at second 15.

He stressed that these Israeli lies will not conceal "the grave crime of targeting the health system and committing systematic war crimes against civilians and vital civilian facilities."

For its part, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor accused the Israeli occupation army of repeating propaganda lies, asserting that the clip was "fabricated and lacked any real evidence."

"What was reported in the video is no different from previous accounts used to justify the storming of Al-Shifa and Al-Nasr hospitals, which were later proven—by the occupation's own admission—to be false," said Rami Abdo, head of the Observatory, in a post on the X platform on Sunday.

He added, "The hole visible in the clip does not appear to be a tunnel in any way. It does not include a ladder, nor could it have been used to transport fighters up or down. Furthermore, it would have been impossible to dig it in a crowded hospital without medical staff or patients noticing."

On Saturday, the Israeli occupation army released a video of a tunnel it claimed was located beneath the European Hospital, which it claimed contained a Hamas command and control center.

Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee claimed in a statement that "numerous documents were found, including command and control rooms, combat equipment, and additional intelligence documents," in addition to "several bodies whose identities are being examined."

It's worth noting that on May 14, the Israeli occupation army committed a horrific massacre, killing 34 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, after launching a series of violent raids targeting the Gaza European Hospital and its surroundings in Khan Yunis.