UN calls for investigation into mass graves at two Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

UN calls for investigation into mass graves at two Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

The UN has called for an “independent, effective and transparent investigation” into the discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospital complexes after they were besieged and stormed by Israeli forces earlier this year.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said he was “horrified” by the scenes reported at the Nasser and Al-Shifa compounds.

“Given the prevailing climate of impunity, this should include international investigators,” Turk said on Tuesday.

“Hospitals are entitled to very special protection under international humanitarian law. And the deliberate killing of civilians, prisoners, and others who are hors de combat is a war crime.”
A mass grave with 324 bodies was discovered this week at the Nasser Medical Complex in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis by Gaza Civil Defense workers following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area.

Earlier in April, health workers exhumed bodies from a mass grave in Al-Shifa after they said Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinians and left their bodies to rot during a two-week siege of the complex in northern Gaza.

At least 381 bodies were recovered from Al-Shifa after Israeli forces withdrew on April 1, according to the Gaza Civil Defense.

The US State Department on Tuesday expressed concern over the “alarming” discovery of mass graves.

“The report is deeply troubling. And we are investigating this matter with the Government of Israel,” said US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel.

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