Authorities in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, said this Wednesday that they had discovered a third mass grave on the grounds of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and that 49 bodies had been exhumed so far.
“Medical teams have discovered a third mass grave on the territory of the Al-Shifa medical complex, and 49 martyrs have been exhumed to date,” the Gaza authorities said in a statement published on the Telegram social network.
Israeli authorities have not yet commented on this issue.
“Exhumation operations have not yet been completed and we expect to discover dozens of bodies,” the note said, accusing Israeli forces of “executing nearly 400 martyrs, including medical, administrative, wounded, sick and displaced personnel” during operations at hospitals . .
The statement said Wednesday’s discovery “increases to seven the number of mass graves located on hospital grounds” in the Gaza Strip. According to Gaza authorities, one mass grave was discovered at Kamal Adwan Hospital, three at Al Shifa and three more at Nasser Hospital.
“So far, 520 martyrs have been extracted from these graves,” he said, condemning “the actions of the Israeli army inside medical centers.”
“We call on the United Nations and all international organizations to condemn these brutal crimes. We hold the United States administration, the international community and the Israeli occupation fully responsible for these mass graves and this outrageous crime against humanity,” he stressed.
They called on “all countries of the free world to put pressure on the occupation (Israel) to end this genocidal war and the war against the health sector and hospitals” and to launch an independent international investigation into crimes against humanity committed by the occupation. against medical personnel, the wounded, the sick, the displaced and civilians in general,” Gaza authorities said.
The Israeli army responded to allegations over mass graves at Al Nasser by classifying them as “completely unfounded” and the United Nations called for an “independent, effective and transparent” investigation due to reports of people buried alive or with execution marks.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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