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[[Mass grave]]s have been discovered in [[Gaza]] during the [[Israel-Hamas War]]. These graves were found in two large hospitals; [[Nasser Hospital]] and [[Al-Shifa Hospital]] that were raided by Israeli soldiers. Graves were also found in [[Beit Lahia]] and [[Deir al-Balah]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.trtworld.com/video/news/mass-graves-found-at-gazas-al-shifa-hospital-and-in-beit-lahiya-17798499 | title=Mass graves found at Gaza's al-Shifa hospital and in Beit Lahiya }}</ref> The discovery is causing international concern and calls for an investigation. The [[United Nations]] has called for a clear, transparent and credible investigation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/un-israel-palestinians-hospital-graves-investigation-dbaf873d023a7ba66dda05fb49074434 | title=UN calls for investigation into mass graves uncovered at two Gaza hospitals raided by Israel | website=[[Associated Press News]] | date=23 April 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/middleeast/gaza-mass-grave.html | title=U.N. Calls for Inquiry into Mass Graves at 2 Gaza Hospitals | work=The New York Times | date=23 April 2024 | last1=Stack | first1=Liam | last2=Yazbek | first2=Hiba | last3=Cumming-Bruce | first3=Nick }}</ref> |
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==Background== |
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Since the start of the war, Israel has attacked, damaged or destroyed nearly every hospital in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Polglase |first1=Katie |last2=Mezzofiore |first2=Gianluca |last3=Mackintosh |first3=Eliza |last4=Doherty |first4=Lizzy |last5=Petterson |first5=Henrik |last6=Manley |first6=Byron |last7=Robinson |first7=Lou |date=12 January 2024 |title=How Gaza's hospitals became battlegrounds |url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/01/middleeast/gaza-hospitals-destruction-investigation-intl-cmd/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> In January 2024, the Gazan health ministry said that 40 bodies were buried inside the hospital due to "the siege on the neighbourhoods close to Nasser [Hospital]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Dozens reported killed as battle rages in Gaza's Khan Younis |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68055933 |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 January 2024}}</ref> A Nasser hospital official had told journalists in January that hospital staff had buried around 150 bodies in the hospital’s yard.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stack |first=Liam |last2=Yazbek |first2=Hiba |last3=Cumming-Bruce |first3=Nick |date=2024-04-23 |title=U.N. Calls for Inquiry Into Mass Graves at 2 Gaza Hospitals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/middleeast/gaza-mass-grave.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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The hospital was shelled multiple times throughout the war and received significant international media coverage after the death of a 13-year-old amputee, Donia Abu Mohsen, who had survived a previous [[Israeli airstrikes|Israeli airstrike]] that had killed her entire family.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Binnur Dönmez |first=Beyza |date=2023-12-19 |title=Nasser Hospital in Gaza hit twice by Israel in past 48 hours: UNICEF |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/nasser-hospital-in-gaza-hit-twice-by-israel-in-past-48-hours-unicef/3086972 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=[[Anadolu Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zayara |first=Sami |last2=Shapiro |first2=Emily |date=December 19, 2023 |title=12-year-old girl killed at Gaza hospital weeks after she said, 'I only want ... the war to end' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/12-year-girl-killed-gaza-hospital-weeks-after-interview/story?id=105750059 |work=[[ABC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Khaled |first=Mai |last2=Saleh |first2=Heba |date=November 29, 2023 |title=Gaza’s children fight to survive amid wreckage of Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.ft.com/content/55d74061-49c2-4a57-b67d-9daab07509fa |url-access=subscription |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> Nasser Hospital was reported to be non-functional after a February Israeli raid.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 February 2024 |title=WHO says Gaza's Nasser hospital not functional after Israel raids |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68330579 |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> |
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Israeli soldiers entered the hospital on 15 February 2024 from the south, destroying tents and [[Israeli razing of cemeteries and necroviolence against Palestinians|bulldozing a mass grave]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stancati |first1=Margherita |last2=Ayyoub |first2=Abeer |last3=Lieber |first3=Dov |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Israeli Forces Enter Gaza Hospital to Search for Hostages |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-enter-gaza-hospital-to-search-for-hostages-061cd039 |access-date=15 February 2024 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 February 2024 |title=Ambulances, tents targeted at Nasser Hospital: Ministry |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-four-dead-as-israel-hits-city-in-lebanons-south?update=2709814 |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Krever |first=Mick |last2=Khadder |first2=Kareem |last3=Izso |first3=Lauren |last4=Noor Haq |first4=Sana |date=2024-02-15 |title=Nasser Hospital: Israeli special forces enter largest remaining functioning hospital in Gaza |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/15/middleeast/nasser-hospital-israeli-snipers-khan-younis-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> Israel stated it exhumed and examined some 400 corpses looking for Israeli hostages.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 March 2024 |title=Israel examined 400 bodies at Nasser Hospital looking for captives |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-20-starve-to-death-in-gaza-more-feared-dead?update=2755511 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>{{efn|On 7 March, Israeli returned the corpses of 47 people whose bodies had been removed from the grave.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahmoud |first1=Hani |title=Israel returns 47 bodies to Gaza after digging up graveyard |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-20-starve-to-death-in-gaza-more-feared-dead?update=2755950 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref>}} |
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Due to power outages during the entry of Israeli soldiers into the hospital, five patients in the hospital died.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Victoria |last2=Rasgon |first2=Adam |date=16 February 2024 |title=Middle East Crisis: Israeli Forces Search Gaza Hospital; 5 Patients Die as Power Is Lost, Gazan Officials Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/16/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news |access-date=16 February 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> On 18 February, the [[World Health Organization]] said the hospital could no longer serve its patients, and that the hospital was no longer functional.<ref name="who_feb18">{{cite news |last1=Shankar |first1=Vivek |title=Besieged Nasser Hospital ‘Not Functional,’ W.H.O. Director Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/18/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news |access-date=18 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 February 2024}}</ref> [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] attributed the hospital's inability to continue operating to the Israeli siege and raid.<ref name="who_feb18" /> |
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As of 23 February, the hospital no longer had food, water or oxygen for patients.<ref name=nyt_patil_2.23.24>{{cite news |last1=Patil |first1=Anushka |title=More patients have died at a hospital under Israeli siege in southern Gaza, officials report. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/22/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/more-patients-have-died-at-a-hospital-under-israeli-siege-in-southern-gaza-officials-report?smid=url-share |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 February 2024}}</ref> The [[Gaza Health Ministry]] attributed thirteen patient deaths to the lack of electricity and oxygen at the hospital.<ref name=nyt_patil_2.23.24/> |
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Mass graves had previously been discovered at [[Al-Shifa Hospital]] after the [[Al-Shifa Hospital siege|siege]] there earlier in 2024.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Nearly 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/21/nearly-200-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-at-hospital-in-gazas-khan-younis |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=21 April 2024}}</ref> |
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== Discovery == |
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=== Nasser Medical Complex=== |
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''Main article:'' [[Siege of Khan Yunis]] |
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In April 2024, following the withdrawal of israeli forces, over 300 bodies of young men, women, and children were unearthed at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza, after Israeli military withdrawal. The bodies exhibited signs of having been bound and potentially [[Summary execution|executed in the field]]. Reports indicate that two other mass graves have been identified, but have yet to be excavated. |
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<ref>{{Cite web|title=More than 300 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital, says Gaza Civil Defense|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/middleeast/khan-younis-nasser-hospital-mass-grave-intl/index.html|access-date=2024-04-23|website=CNN|date=23 April 2024|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nearly 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza's Khan Younis|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/4/21/nearly-200-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-at-hospital-in-gazas-khan-younis|access-date=2024-04-21|website=Al Jazeera|date=21 April 2024|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-rights-chief-horrified-by-mass-grave-reports-gaza-hospitals-2024-04-23/|access-date=2024-04-24|website=Reuters|date=23 April 2024|language=en}}</ref> |
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=== Al-Shifa Hospital=== |
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''Main article:'' [[Al-Shifa Hospital siege]] |
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In April 2024, health workers in Gaza exhumed the first bodies from mass graves at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where at least 381 bodies were found after the withdrawal of Israeli forces, following their two-week siege. Many bodies showed signs of severe trauma, including being crushed or disfigured, partially as a result of being ran over by Israeli tanks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Israeli tanks have deliberately run over dozens of Palestinian civilians alive, says Euro-Med Monitor|url=https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6202/Israeli-tanks-have-deliberately-run-over-dozens-of-Palestinian-civilians-alive-says-Euro-Med-Monitor|access-date=2024-04-24|website=EuroMed Monitor|date=2024-04-24|language=en}}</ref> The graves included both buried and above-ground remains, some under dirt or plastic sheeting. |
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<ref>{{Cite web|title='Tell us where our children are?' First bodies exhumed from mass graves at Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli siege|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/09/middleeast/israel-gaza-mass-graves-al-shifa-hospital-intl|access-date=2024-04-24|website=CNN|date=9 April 2024|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mass graves in Gaza show victims' hands were tied, says UN rights office|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148876|access-date=2024-04-24|website=UN News|date=23 April 2024|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Reactions== |
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[[United Nations]] rights chief [[Volker Türk]] said that he was "horrified" by the site and called for an international investigation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Michaelson |first=Ruth |date=2024-04-23 |title=UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/23/un-rights-chief-horrified-by-reports-of-mass-graves-at-two-gaza-hospitals |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights]] said the attack indicated "serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/un-rights-chief-horrified-by-mass-grave-reports-at-gaza-hospitals-9286966/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> |
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The Israeli Defence Forces said the accusations of them causing the killings were "baseless and unfounded."<ref>{{Cite news |last=FABIAN |first=EMANUEL |date=23 April 2024 |title=IDF rejects ‘baseless’ claim it dug mass graves at Gaza hospital; analysts also doubt charge |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-rejects-baseless-claim-it-dug-mass-graves-at-gaza-hospital-analysts-also-doubt-charge/ |url-status=live |work=The Times of Israel}}</ref> The IDF said that during its operation "in the area of Nasser Hospital, in accordance to the effort to locate hostages and missing persons, corpses buried by Palestinians in the area of Nasser Hospital were examined."<ref name=":1" /> They further stated that “Bodies examined, which did not belong to Israeli hostages, were returned to their place.”<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> [[Sky News]] published an analysis of satellite imagery and social media footage of mass graves dug by Palestinians during Israel's siege, which were later bulldozed by the IDF.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel bulldozed mass graves at Gaza hospital, Sky News analysis shows |url=https://news.sky.com/story/israel-bulldozed-mass-graves-at-gaza-hospital-sky-news-analysis-shows-13121638 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> |
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