Palestinians inspect the damage at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital after the Israeli military withdrew from the complex housing the hospital on April 1, 2024, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group. The Israeli military has repeatedly targeted Al-Shifa, the Palestinian territory’s largest hospital, and other medical facilities in its war against Hamas, triggered by the Palestinian group’s unprecedented October 7 attack.
The Hamas-run government media office said in a separate statement that at least 49 bodies had been recovered from the site on the premises of Al-Shifa. After the Israeli assault in March, the World Health Organisation said Al-Shifa had been reduced to ashes, leaving behind an “empty shell” with many bodies.
So far 520 bodies have been recovered from “seven mass graves” found at three different hospitals across Gaza in recent weeks, the media office said.