Palestinian medical teams have reported the discovery of a third mass grave within the Al-Shifa Hospital medical complex in Gaza. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that an additional 49 bodies were retrieved from this newly found grave. The ministry stated that government crews are still in the process of recovering more bodies, with expectations of finding dozens more.
The health ministry shared video footage showing the retrieval of remains from within the hospital grounds in Gaza City. This recent discovery marks the seventh mass grave found within hospitals in Gaza. Apart from the three graves uncovered at Al-Shifa Hospital, one mass grave was found at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, and three others at the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis.
Authorities in Gaza have confirmed the recovery of a total of 520 bodies from these graves. The ministry strongly condemned the alleged crimes of genocide and continuous killing by the occupation army against the Palestinian people, both inside and outside hospitals. They called on the UN and international organizations to denounce these acts and held the American administration, the international community, and the 'Israeli' occupation fully responsible for the mass graves and the aggression against humanity.
Efforts to obtain a comment from the Israel Defense Forces regarding the discovery of the additional mass grave inside Al-Shifa Hospital have not yet been successful. It is important to note that due to the lack of international media access within Gaza, the death toll numbers provided cannot be independently verified.
