The Israeli army announced today Monday that it found in the compound of a hospital in Gaza the car of a former hostage, who was kidnapped on October 7 by Hamas and killed “accidentally” in December by Israeli soldiers.

The car, along with another vehicle that may have been used by Hamas members in their attack on Israeli soil, was found, according to the army’s statement, on the grounds of the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. This hospital is no longer in operation after it was targeted by Israeli soldiers on November 24.

“In the hospital grounds we found a white Toyota van like these used by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 massacre, as well as weapons. In addition, in the same precinct and in a demarcated zone, a Toyota Corolla car with an Israeli registration number was found, which belonged to the family of the deceased Samer Talalka”, stated in the announcement of the armed forces.

Fragments from an RPG and traces of blood were found in this car and were found to be from another hostage. “The discovery of the car directly links the hospital to the brutal events of October 7,” the military said.

This information has not been able to be confirmed by another, independent source. Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military has accused Hamas of uses hospitals as “command centers” for its businesses. Indonesia in November denied an Israeli claim that the hospital, which was built with Indonesian funds, was located over a network of Hamas tunnels, near a rocket launch pad.

Bedouin Samer Talalka was one of three Israeli hostages accidentally killed by the Israeli army in Gaza.