Bodies with hands tied uncovered from mass graves in Gaza, says UN

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that several bodies uncovered in mass graves at two medical facilities in the besieged region of Gaza were found with their hands tied.

“Among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded, while others were found tied with their hands…tied and stripped of their clothes,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

She said this “indicates serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and these need to be subjected to further investigations”, reported The Guardian.

On Monday, the Palestinian civil defence in Gaza said it had uncovered 283 bodies from a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, reported the Associated Press.

Shamdasani said on Tuesday that 30 bodies were also found buried in two graves in the courtyard of the Al-Shifa Hospital, which was Gaza’s main tertiary facility before Israel’s unprecedented air and ground strikes on the enclave destroyed it.

“There are reports that the hands of some of these bodies were also tied,” she said.

According to the spokesperson, there could be many more victims, “despite the claim by the Israeli Defense Forces to have killed 200 Palestinians during the Al-Shifa medical complex operation”.

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