The IDF says it has uncovered a Hamas tunnel running underneath a hospital in Gaza City

The IDF says it has uncovered a Hamas tunnel running underneath a hospital in Gaza City and an entrance to another adjacent to a separate medical center.

The first tunnel was located next to the Jordanian Hospital, in the south of Gaza City.

According to the IDF, troops of the 36th Division, including forces of the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit, found an entrance to the tunnel at a Hamas compound which is adjacent to the Jordanian Hospital.

The tunnel spans a kilometer and a half, and includes a weapons manufacturing workshop and other rooms, the military says.

The IDF says that according to its intelligence, Hamas company and platoon commanders had resided in the tunnel.

The military stresses that "Hamas's activity near the Jordanian hospital was carried out without the involvement or knowledge of the Jordanians."

The second tunnel was found at the Hamad Hospital near the sea in northwest Gaza City. The army says that tunnel runs underneath the medical center.

"The Hamas terror organization systematically operates in hospital areas, exploiting humanitarian facilities for military purposes. For years, the organization has built an underground system beneath hospitals throughout the Strip, used for weapon production and managing combat operations," the IDF says.

The military adds that troops are operating in the area to map out the tunnels ahead of the demolition, and are "expanding their operations to additional sites where there are indications of terror activity."