TEL AVIV, November 14. /TASS/. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have eliminated terrorists shooting at the Israeli soldiers from the "Al-Quds" Hospital, the IDF said in a statement.

"A terrorist squad embedded itself in the area of the 'Al-Quds' Hospital, fired from the hospital entrance at IDF soldiers, and was subsequently eliminated," it said, adding that the terrorists used PRG rifles and small arms.

"The shooting was carried out by a terrorist squad that had embedded itself within a group of civilians at the entrance of the hospital. The soldiers identified a terrorist squad with two RPG launchers amongst the civilians. As a result of the shooting carried out by the terrorists, a tank was damaged," the IDF said.

According to the IDF, Israeli soldiers opened fire at the radicals and killed at least 20. There were no casualties among the Israeli forces.

"This incident is another example of Hamas' continued abuse of civilian structures, including hospitals, to carry out attacks," the IDF stressed.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 after militants from the Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion on Israeli territory, killing many Israeli kibbutz residents living near the Gaza border and abducting more than 200 Israelis, including women, children and the elderly. Hamas described its attack as a response to Israeli authorities’ aggressive actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and launched bombardments of the enclave and some areas in Lebanon and Syria, as well as a ground operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Clashes are also reported in the West Bank.