Health workers in Gaza exhumed corpses from mass graves

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Health workers in northern Gaza exhumed the first corpses from mass graves in and around Al-Shifa Hospital on Tuesday, after they said Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinians and left their bodies to decompose during their two-week siege of the complex.

At least 381 bodies were recovered from the vicinity of the complex since Israeli forces withdrew on April 1, Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said on Tuesday, adding that the total figure did not include people buried within the grounds of the hospital. Many of the decomposed remnants they discovered had been buried or were found above ground, officials told CNN on Monday.

He warned that Israel’s bombardment has crushed the medical system in Gaza, diminishing resources for rescue and recovery operations. “We don’t have pathologist, or expertise in documenting the crimes of the occupation,” he said. UN experts accused Israel of “denying access to health care to those most in need,” in a statement on April 3.

 

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