odanny
Diamond Member
Really troubling that people were found with their hands and feet tied. This will go over well on college campuses across the U.S..
The U.S. has asked Israel about reports that a mass grave, reportedly containing more than 300 bodies, was discovered at a hospital in Gaza.
Gaza's Civil Defense agency said on Monday that its health workers had found the bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Palestinian territory.
Col. Yamen Abu Suleiman, director of Civil Defense in Khan Younis, told CNN 35 bodies had been discovered on Tuesday, bringing the total to 310.
Suleiman alleged that some of the bodies had been found with hands and feet tied, "and there were signs of field executions," adding that "we do not know if they were buried alive or executed."
Newsweek has been unable to verify Gaza's Civil Defense claims, which a spokesperson for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Newsweek were "baseless and unfounded."
The IDF said "in accordance to the effort to locate hostages and missing persons, corpses buried by Palestinians in the area of Nasser Hospital were examined."
"The examination was carried out respectfully while maintaining the dignity of the deceased. Bodies examined, which did not belong to Israeli hostages, were returned to their place," the spokesperson told Newsweek on Tuesday.
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The U.S. has asked Israel about reports that a mass grave, reportedly containing more than 300 bodies, was discovered at a hospital in Gaza.
Gaza's Civil Defense agency said on Monday that its health workers had found the bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Palestinian territory.
Col. Yamen Abu Suleiman, director of Civil Defense in Khan Younis, told CNN 35 bodies had been discovered on Tuesday, bringing the total to 310.
Suleiman alleged that some of the bodies had been found with hands and feet tied, "and there were signs of field executions," adding that "we do not know if they were buried alive or executed."
Newsweek has been unable to verify Gaza's Civil Defense claims, which a spokesperson for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Newsweek were "baseless and unfounded."
The IDF said "in accordance to the effort to locate hostages and missing persons, corpses buried by Palestinians in the area of Nasser Hospital were examined."
"The examination was carried out respectfully while maintaining the dignity of the deceased. Bodies examined, which did not belong to Israeli hostages, were returned to their place," the spokesperson told Newsweek on Tuesday.
US speaks out about "mass grave" found in Gaza
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the U.S. was "inquiring" with Israel over reports of a mass grave in Khan Yunis.
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