The war crimes and atrocities keep coming
Israeli military ‘conceals its crimes underground’
Horrific scenes are coming from Nasser Hospital, which was stormed by the Israeli military twice, destroying its equipment and facilities, and turning the entire area into a pile of ruins.
At least 50 bodies have been retrieved from under the rubble in a mass grave found in the courtyard of the hospital. This is something consistent with what we documented and heard from medical staff and evacuees inside the hospital who managed to escape.
They told us horrific stories of how the Israeli military rounded up people from inside the facility, blindfolded them with their hands tied behind their backs, and killed them either by the use of quadcopters or sniper fire. They are all now buried in one mass grave.
Nasser Hospital is not the first health facility where there are mass graves. Al-Shifa Hospital, just within the past few days, discovered more bodies in the northern part. Kamal Adwan Hospital, two months ago, found more bodies.
The Israeli military continues to conceal its crimes underground.
Bodies found in bags marked in Hebrew at destroyed Nasser Hospital
Horrific scenes after the Israeli military withdrew from Nasser Hospital on April 7, leaving trails of destruction inside the complex. What’s most shocking is the discovery of a mass grave, the largest so far in the city of Khan Younis.
In the hospital courtyard, civil defence members and paramedics have retrieved 180 bodies buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military. The bodies include elderly women, children and young men.
Rescuers say some bodies were found inside plastic bags that have Hebrew writing on them. Some have their hands tied behind their backs and it looks like they were executed and then buried here.
Within the past half an hour, we’ve seen a group of people coming here – crying parents, family members – searching for the bodies of their loved ones.
Mourners react as people rebury the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel’s military offensive and buried earlier at Nasser hospital, after bodies were moved to a cemetery, in Khan Younis, Sunday
Nearly 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis
Palestinian health workers unearth a body buried by Israeli forces in Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis
Palestinian civil defence crews have uncovered a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis, with 180 bodies recovered so far, Al Jazeera has learned, as Israel has continued bombardment of the devastated coastal enclave for more than six months.
The discovery comes after the Israeli military withdrew its troops from the southern city on April 7. Much of the Khan Younis is now in ruins after months of relentless Israeli bombardment and heavy fighting.
“In the hospital courtyard, civil defence members and paramedics have retrieved 180 bodies buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military. The bodies include elderly women, children and young men,” said Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Khan Younis.
Palestinian health workers stand next to unearthed bodies buried by Israeli forces in Nasser Medical Complex
