A video analysis by CNN has suggested that the Israeli forces “might have rearranged weaponry” at Al-Shifa Hospital prior to news crew visits.

The publication stated that a video on Nov 15 by the Israeli forces showing a tour of what it claimed was Hamas weaponry found at Al-Shifa hospital “shows less weaponry at the scene than in later footage filmed by international news crews, indicating the weaponry may have been moved or placed there prior to news crews arriving”.

CNN compared footage published by the IDF online with footage taken by Fox News, which was granted access to the site in the hours afterwards. IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus leads the tour in the IDF video and a watch on his arm shows the time to be 13:18.

It said Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, who visited “in the middle of the night”, was shown a bag located behind an MRI machine inside the hospital with two AK-47 guns visible on top of it. However, the IDF video filmed earlier shows only one AK-47 gun.

A separate analysis by BBC Verify also noted that the “evidence”, according to the Israeli footage and that of BBC “doesn’t precisely match”.