Health workers are said to have uncovered nearly 340 bodies, with the deaths being blamed on Israeli troops.
JERUSALEM - Israel’s army rejected as “baseless” claims that its troops had buried hundreds of Palestinian bodies at a Gaza hospital, saying corpses had been examined in a search for hostages.updating an earlier figure, of Palestinians allegedly killed and buried by Israeli forces at Nasser Medical Complex in the southern city of Khan Younis.
“Bodies examined, which did not belong to Israeli hostages, were returned to their place,” the statement said, without giving further details. The military did not offer any additional clarification in response to repeated AFP queries regarding allegations of troops digging “mass graves” at the hospital as alleged by Mr Thawabta.“Obviously, scenes of mass graves in general are deeply concerning, but I don’t have anything that can confirm the veracity of those,” Mr Kirby told reporters.Intense fighting raged in mid-February in the area of Nasser hospital and Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles surrounded it on March 26.
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