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Last 24 hours in Gaza have been ‘bloody, violent’
The past 24 hours have been very bloody and very violent across the Gaza Strip with an intense bombing campaign.
So far … seven atrocities [were] committed at different parts of the Strip, including the central area, here in the overcrowded Rafah City, and more of the northern parts that have not only been suffering from the spread of famine, but also from intense, deliberate bombing of residential buildings and public facilities.
We’ve seen a deliberate attack on a school that has been turned into an evacuation centre for hundreds of displaced families from the northern parts of the Strip and Gaza City.
New mass grave discovered in front of al-Shifa Hospital: Gaza media office
Health workers have recovered at least 30 bodies buried in front of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, said Salama Maarouf, head of the Strip’s Government Media Office.
Maarouf accused the Israeli army of deliberately hiding the bodies by burying them under waste and sand. The official said 12 of the bodies were identified and those buried included women and wounded people. “Some were handcuffed and stripped of their clothes, indicating that they had been executed in cold blood,” Maarouf charged.
This is the second mass grave discovered this week in front of the hospital. The facility turned into a graveyard during a two-week siege by the Israeli army.
More bodies expected to be found in front of al-Shifa
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud in Rafah gives some context about why another mass grave was found in front of al-Shifa Hospital:
- In November, the hospital was stormed because the Israeli army said the facility was a headquarters for Hamas operatives, but it did not provide substantial evidence to justify the attack.
- In March, the army again stormed the hospital using tanks and heavy gunfire for 10 days, destroying most of the facility and killing dozens of people it said were linked to Hamas or other armed groups
- According to witnesses, the bodies discovered in the latest mass grave still had medical bandages on them, suggesting they were hospital patients
- More bodies are expected to be found in the coming days considering the tens of thousands of people who had been sheltering in Gaza’s largest medical facility.
