The IDF arrested "very senior" Hamas officials in Gaza's Shifa Hospital but cannot disclose the names due to ongoing investigations, IDF spokesman R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a Thursday evening briefing.

"The Shifa operation is the largest since the launch of the war," Hagari noted. "We captured the higher echelon of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders."

According to Hagari, terrorists continued to hide in the hospital's maternity ward, vowing that the IDF would reach everyone. "If you surrender, you will not be killed," he said.

This is a developing story.