WATCH: IDF soldiers capture 70 armed Hamas terrorists at Gaza hospital

A video showing dozens of suspected Hamas terrorists laying down their weapons has been shared by the Israeli Defense Force. The clips and images shared by the Israeli troops came after being captured by Israeli troops at a northern Gaza hospital, days after shelling.

IDF soldiers capture 70 armed Hamas terrorists

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) wrote, "Leaving the hospital with weapons: IDF fighters from the 460th Brigade Combat Team and Shin Bet fighters arrested dozens of terrorist operatives who left a hospital in the Gaza Strip and took them for further investigation by the Shin Bet and Unit 504 in the Intelligence Division."

A throng of men walking single-file with their hands up through an area piled high with rubble under the watchful eye of soldiers has been shared. The next portion of the recording shows alleged Hamas terrorists, now with their shirts off, dropping their weapons, including assault-style rifles and ammunition, on the ground. The operation to capture 70 terrorists in the Kamal Adwan Hospital near the Israeli border was carried out by IDF soldiers from the 460th Combat Brigade of the 162nd Division, along with members of Israel’s security service Shin Bet.

The medical facility in Beit Lahiya has been surrounded and under heavy fire for days. A building near the hospital, which was being used by Hamas, was located by Israeli forces. Firefights ensued, during which an unknown number of the enemy were killed in action, according to the IDF.

Others were captured alive and taken to the Shin Bet security agency and Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 for interrogation. The en masse surrender at the hospital comes just days after videos and photos circulated widely in the media showing about 100 Hamas detainees stripped down to their underwear, some blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs, being rounded up by IDF troops. The images taken in a debris-strewn street in Jabaliya raised concerns among human rights activists about the humiliating treatment of prisoners by the IDF. Following the public outcry, a military official said the army would change its arrest procedures.