Authorities Media Workplace in Gaza says Israel has ‘stolen’ 2,000 our bodies since October 7 and despatched a few of them in ‘an inhumane method’.
Israel has returned the our bodies of almost 90 Palestinians killed in its military offensive within the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being has mentioned.
Yamen Abu Suleiman, the director of the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, mentioned on Monday that it was unclear whether or not the our bodies had been dug up from cemeteries by the military in the course of the floor offensive, or whether or not they have been “detainees who had been tortured and killed”.
“The occupation offered us with no details about the names, or ages, or something. It is a warfare crime, a criminal offense in opposition to humanity,” Abu Suleiman mentioned.
He mentioned the our bodies could be examined in an try to find out the causes of demise and to establish them, earlier than being buried in a mass grave at a cemetery close to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace mentioned Israel had despatched 89 our bodies as “bones and decomposed our bodies in an inhumane method”.
It mentioned Israeli forces had “stolen” 2,000 our bodies since October 7 from dozens of cemeteries, which they bulldozed throughout their ongoing army offensive.
The workplace added that Israeli forces additionally beforehand dug up graves in Khan Younis, Jabalia and the Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza Metropolis, and transferred the our bodies to “unknown locations”, an motion amounting to a warfare crime and a criminal offense in opposition to humanity.
It mentioned Israeli forces proceed to carry dozens of our bodies.
Hamas mentioned in a press release the our bodies have been handed over in “a state of full decomposition, with none means to find out their identities”.
“It highlights the sadism of the [Israeli] occupation and the extent of crime dedicated by the Nazi occupation military, which is unprecedented in human historical past,” it mentioned.
There was no speedy remark from the Israeli army on the return of the our bodies. Up to now, Israel has mentioned it returned our bodies after checks that they weren’t Israeli hostages who had been held by Hamas because the October 7 assault on Israel.
No ceasefire deal
In Jerusalem, the Israeli Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board requested why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would permit the handover of Palestinian our bodies with out a ceasefire take care of Hamas.
“Why are our bodies being returned outdoors the framework of a complete deal? Such an settlement might convey again dwelling hostages for rehabilitation and the deceased for correct burial,” the group mentioned in a press release.
Rocketing regional tensions are growing the desperation of households and buddies of the remaining 111 captives, together with 39 identified to be lifeless, taken in the course of the October 7 assault.
Critics say Netanyahu, who’s going through a corruption trial, prefers to extend the battle relatively than agree a deal that might upset his hardline coalition companions and tip him out of workplace.