According to a media report, Israel cannot be responsible for the mass grave found at the site of a hospital after the army withdrew from Khan Younis. Analyzes of images should show that the grave already existed before the Israeli offensive.
This was the result of the evaluation of satellite images and footage by unnamed independent analysts, the ‘Jerusalem Post’ reported on Wednesday. Claims by Hamas and the Arab media that Israeli soldiers buried the bodies of Palestinians to “hide” them were false, the newspaper wrote.
So far no independent verification is possible
According to CNN, the Hamas-controlled Civil Defense said it had discovered 324 bodies on the grounds of Nasser Hospital after the Israeli army withdrew there. The information cannot be independently verified.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed shock at reports of the discovery of mass graves in Gaza clinics and called for an independent investigation into the background of the deaths. Hospitals enjoy very special protection under international humanitarian law. “And the intentional killing of civilians, prisoners and others not in combat is a war crime,” the report said.
UN: “Don’t know if they were buried alive”
According to Türk’s office, which cited civil defense information, some bodies had their hands tied. “We don’t know if they were buried alive or executed. Most of the bodies have been decomposed,” CNN quoted the head of civil protection in Khan Younis as saying.
The Israeli embassy in Geneva said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the claim that Israeli forces had buried the bodies of Palestinians there was unfounded. In the search for Israeli hostages, all they did was dig up bodies and then put them back. The dignity of the deceased was preserved.
Source: Krone
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