Israel denies burying hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza’s Nasser hospital

He Israeli army considered on Tuesday “unfounded” the accusation of having buried hundreds of Palestinians in a hospital in Link and claimed that he had exhumed bodies to check whether there were hostages among them, before reburying them.

“The accusations that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) buried bodies of Palestinians are unfounded“, said the army.

LOOK HERE: Gaza: 200 bodies exhumed from the mass grave at Nasser hospital that were buried by Israel

“During its operation in Nasser Hospital” in Jan Yunis“To try to locate hostages and missing people, the bodies buried by Palestinians were carefully examined (…) and only in places where intelligence services indicated the possible presence of hostages“, added the army, ensuring that throughout the procedure”the dignity of the deceased was preserved”.

“The examined bodies, as they were not hostages, were returned to their places” he added.

O Gaza Strip Civil Protection indicated that since Saturday, 340 bodies buried by Israeli forces in mass graves at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the south of the Palestinian territory, have been exhumed.

Some bodies had their hands tied behind their backs, he added.

O UN He demanded an international investigation into these allegations.

“Obviously, images of mass graves in general are deeply disturbing, but I have no way of confirming their authenticity.“, reacted the spokesperson for National Security Council American, John Kirby.

The hospitals in Link They were frequently targets of Israeli military operations since the beginning of the war, considering them bases of the Islamic movement. Hamas.

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The conflict began in October 7thwith an incursion by Islamic militiamen that killed around 1,170 people in the south Israel and kidnapped around 250, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data.

Following an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners during a week-long truce in late November, 129 people remain captives in Gaza, 34 of whom have died, according to Israeli authorities.

The Israeli offensive has so far left 34,183 people dead, the vast majority of them civilians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, governed since 2007 by Hamas.

Source: Elcomercio

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