At least 50 bodies have been found in a mass grave at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis two weeks after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the southern Gaza city.
Gaza’s civil defense agency made this known on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
According to the agency, the bodies of 50 Palestinians which were retrieved from the mass grave were killed by the Israeli occupation forces.
“Our teams continue their search and retrieval operations for the remaining martyrs in the coming days as there are still a significant number of them,” the statement said.
It was said that the Israeli forces raided the Nasser hospital and killed dozens of people who were sheltering at the medical complex back in February, following days of intense bombardment.
Israeli forces attacked Khan Yunis – the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city – in early December, forcing residents to flee their homes.
On April 7, the Israeli military said that it had withdrawn its ground forces from Khan Yunis. Since then, displaced Palestinians have been returning to their homes after months of Israeli attacks, which left much of the city in ruins.
Israel waged a war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, following an attack by the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, which killed more than 1,100 persons and abducted more than 250 people. Dozens of people are still being held captive.
Meanwhile, Israel has killed at least 34,049 Palestinians, mostly women and children and injured 76,901 others.
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