War crime concerns grow after discovery of another mass grave in Gaza hospital

from PressTV

Concerns of potential war crimes have been raised after the discovery of a third mass grave in the remains of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza which has been under the Israeli bombardment since October last year.

The graves were found to contain bodies without heads following the Israeli military siege on the Gaza hospitals.

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas called the discovery of the new mass grave further proof of the Israeli occupation army's brutality towards Palestinians and the medical field, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

The statement added that the Israeli occupation is undermining the livelihoods of Gaza residents to carry out its agenda of elimination and displacement.

It also demanded the opening of an independent international investigation into the crimes against humanity committed by the occupying entity against medical staff, the wounded, the sick, the displaced, and civilians in general.

At least 49 bodies were discovered by health workers at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday, according to a medical official and Gaza authorities. This marks the latest finding at the facility, which had been previously raided by Israeli forces.

Seven mass graves have been uncovered across the Gaza Strip during the Israeli war launched in October last year, with three in Al-Shifa Hospital, three in Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, and one in Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza...

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'You're asking the accused ['Israel'] to investigate itself?' (al Mayadeen English)

 

Israel rejects US call to probe Gaza mass graves – Politico

from RT

Israel will not investigate the mass graves found at Gaza hospitals, as it has already dealt with the matter and found no wrongdoing by its troops, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told Politico.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday that Washington wanted to see the circumstances surrounding the hundreds of deaths “thoroughly and transparently investigated.” 

Officials in Gaza have said a total of 392 bodies, including those of women and children, and others bearing signs of torture and executions, have so far been found at makeshift burial sites at two hospitals that had been raided by the Israeli military.

IDF spokesperson Nadav Shoshani told Politico on Friday that reports of Israeli troops having anything to do with the mass burials were “fake news.”

When asked whether that meant that Israel would not investigate the matter, he replied: “Investigate what?”...

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