Hundreds of dead bodies in mass graves in Gaza, panic UN human rights chief : News Online

A mass grave has been discovered in a hospital in the city of Khan Younis in the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip. So far, about 300 bodies have been recovered from this mass grave.

The Palestinian private defense department reported this information on Monday. The UN human rights chief is appalled by such an incident.

Colonel Yamen Abu Suleiman, Director of Private Defense Department of Khan Younis, said that they found a mass grave in Nasser Medical Complex last Saturday. Another 73 bodies were recovered from this mass grave on Monday. A total of 283 bodies have been recovered so far.

In addition, 30 bodies were found in a mass grave in Al Shifa hospital premises. He said that several bodies were found with their hands and feet tied. Some have hanging marks on the field. Also we do not know whether they were buried alive or executed. Most of the bodies were decomposed.

Earlier, Khan Younis Private Defense Department spokesman and the head of the search mission, Raed Sakar, said they were looking for the bodies of 400 more missing people after the withdrawal of Israeli forces on April 7. According to reports, the bodies were buried under a pile of waste. Among them were women and elderly people.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk expressed alarm at reports of mass graves in Gaza hospitals. On Tuesday (April 23), he said he was horrified by reports of the destruction of Nasser and Al-Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and the mass graves of hundreds of bodies there. This was reported by Reuters with reference to a spokesperson.

On April 7, the Israeli military withdrew from this city in southern Gaza. The mass grave was discovered only after Israeli forces left the city. In January and February of this year, Israeli forces bombarded the area around the Nasser Medical Complex.

Apart from this, they also had a fierce fight with the fighters of Hamas. Due to these reasons, the area has now become a ruin. Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had removed dozens of bodies from Gaza for DNA testing to identify the hostages in Israel.