Palestinian civil defence crews have uncovered a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis.
“About 180 bodies have been recovered at the site so far,” Al Jazeera reports.
This is even as Israel has continued the bombardment of the devastated coastal enclave for more than six months.
According to Al Jazeera, the discovery was made on Saturday, and continuing into Sunday. This came after the Israeli military withdrew its troops from the southern city on April 7.
Recall that much of the Khan Younis is now in ruins after months of relentless Israeli bombardment and heavy fighting.
Al Jazeera further reported that in the hospital courtyard, Civil Defence members and Paramedics have retrieved 180 bodies. They, however, accused the Israeli military of burying the bodies in a mass grave.
“The bodies include elderly women, children and young men,” the report stated.
Recall also that earlier this week, a mass grave was discovered at al-Shifa Hospital following a two-week siege. It was one of several mass graves found at al-Shifa – the largest medical facility in the coastal enclave.
In a related development, Al Jazeera reported that a baby girl was delivered from the womb of a dead Palestinian woman. The victim was killed along with her husband and daughter by an Israeli attack in the Gaza city of Rafah.
The report stated that 19 people died overnight in intensified strikes, Palestinian health officials have said.
“The baby, weighing 1.4 kg and delivered in an emergency C-section, was stable and improving gradually,” Mohammed Salama, the doctor caring for her said.
“Her mother, Sabreen Al Sakani, had been 30 weeks pregnant.
“The baby was placed in an incubator in a Rafah hospital alongside another infant. A tag on the baby reads, “The baby of the martyr Sabreen Al Sakani” written on tape across her chest.
Al Jazeera stated that Sakani’s young daughter Malak, who was also killed in the strike, had wanted to name her new sister Rouh. “The name means, spirit in Arabic, said her uncle Rami Al Sheikh. “The little girl Malak was happy that her sister was coming to the world,” he said.
According to Doctor Salama, the baby would stay in hospital for three to four weeks.
source: Daily Post
