Here’s what we know about Israeli evidence that Hamas fired rockets from safe zones.

Israel released Cards, satellite photos And a video On Thursday, militants were said to be operating in humanitarian zones near a camp for displaced people and a UN logistics base in the Gaza Strip, reinforcing claims that Hamas is using civilians as cover for attacks on Israel.

Israel has long accused Hamas of operating beneath hospitals and in crowded neighborhoods to make it difficult for Israeli forces to attack them without causing massive civilian casualties. Hamas has denied these claims.

On Thursday, the Israeli military posted maps and a video online showing where rockets had been fired into Israel. The New York Times could not verify that rockets had been fired from either location.

Hamas did not immediately respond to Israel’s claims.

One map showed a spot where the Israeli military said rockets were fired from what they said was the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, an arid area in Gaza’s Rafah province that has become crowded in recent days as Israeli forces move people into the fighting instructed those who fled to go there. over there.

But Israeli maps on Thursday appeared to show different boundaries for the humanitarian zone than those the Israeli army had previously distributed. A map Israel released on November 23 showed a much smaller humanitarian zone, which did not include the spot where Israel said rockets were launched on Thursday.

When asked about the discrepancy, the Israeli military did not respond directly, saying only that the rockets were fired from “humanitarian zones.”

A video released by Israel shows what appears to be a rocket launch position just 100 meters from the edge of a tent city where thousands of civilians are sheltering on the outskirts of the city of Rafah. It is also 250 meters from the largest logistics base in Gaza for UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugee affairs.

The video does not show any missiles being launched, but shows the position before and after the alleged launches. The New York Times could not verify Israel’s claim that rockets had been fired from the site.

This same area has long been used by Hamas as a training base and was used to practice paragliding in the run-up to the October 7 attacks, according to a Hamas video geolocated by The Times using satellite images. A mock Israeli village used in Hamas training exercises is located about 1,000 meters from the rocket launch position, along with firing ranges and other Hamas training infrastructure.

Aaron Bokserman And Christoph Koettl reporting contributed.