Relatives were able to identify only sixty-five of the 392 bodies found in mass graves in Gaza, he said. Yamen Abu Suleiman, head of the Hán Júnisz civil defense. Most of the bodies could not be identified due to advanced decomposition or mutilation, he added, hinting that some victims may have been tortured.
Abu Suleiman then called on world leaders to press for an “immediate end to the aggression against our people” and to allow humanitarian organizations and international media into the Gaza Strip to investigate the mass grave.
The White House earlier said it was “waiting for answers” from Israeli authorities after mass graves were found at two Gaza hospitals that were destroyed during Israeli sieges.
According to earlier news reported by AFP, medical workers have excavated the bodies of nearly 340 people allegedly killed and buried by Israeli forces at Nasser Hospital in Han Yunis. In addition, the reports reported about 30 more bodies, which were found buried in two separate mass graves in the yard of the Al-Sífa hospital in Gaza City.
Some of the bodies found in the mass graves of the Nasser hospital belong to children, he said Mohamed Mugira member of the Palestinian Civil Defense, who published photographs and videos of the human remains.
Nadav Shoshani Major, an Israeli army spokesman, claimed that the mass grave found at the Nasser hospital “was dug by Gazans several months ago.”
The Israeli military acknowledged that “bodies buried by Palestinians” were examined by soldiers searching for the hostages, but did not address claims that Israeli soldiers were behind the killings.
(The Guardian / Al Jazeera / AFP)
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