Palestinians bury unidentified bodies sent back by Israel
Israel’s military sent a truck containing the bodies of 88 Palestinians taken during operations in Gaza, without any information on who they were and where they had been taken from. The International Committee of the Red Cross declined to participate in the reception of the bodies, saying there was ‘no data, lists, or evidence’ identifying the bodies
The AFP news agency reported that Israel regularly takes dead bodies out of Gaza to determine whether they are of the captives seized during Hamas’s October 7 attacks. The military said it returns the bodies that are not of the captives after an identification process at a ‘secure and alternate location’.
Palestinian officials raised the possibility the bodies were of Palestinians unlawfully killed by Israeli forces in Gaza while the Health Ministry accused Israel of ‘exhuming graves and stealing bodies’ and treating them in an ‘inhumane and unethical’ manner
Some of the bodies were buried in a mass grave in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip
One Palestinian killed near Gaza City
Israel’s military has carried out an attack near a busy street west of Gaza City, killing at least one person, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. Meanwhile, artillery fire hit the city’s nearby Zeitoun neighbourhood, our colleagues report.
Israeli missile strike on Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital
In the heart of Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital’s backyard, once a refuge for residents escaping Israeli bombardments, has become a site of destruction.
A guided missile, manufactured in the United States, struck this densely populated area, leaving a devastating crater and scattering belongings.
