ALBAWABA - The European Union has called for launching an independent probe into the discovery of horrific mass graves across multiple hospitals in Gaza.
EU spokesman Peter Stano said in a statement: "This is something that forces us to call for an independent investigation of all the suspicions and all the circumstances because indeed it creates the impression that there might have been violations of international human rights committed,".
As search operations continued on Tuesday in Nasser Medical Complex, civil defense crews said they had recovered at least 17 more bodies, bringing the total so far to 310.
Volker Turk, the UN human rights chief, has said he is "horrified" by the damage of the Nasser Medical Complex and al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, as well as reports of mass graves discovered in and around the hospitals during Israel's brutal aggression on Gaza.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Turk urged impartial and transparent investigations after Palestinian authorities announced this week that hundreds of bodies had been discovered at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the southern city earlier this month.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Israeli army stated that the claim that it buried Palestinian dead was "baseless and unfounded". The statement said that during its operation in the Nasser Hospital area, corpses buried by Palestinians were "examined" as part of the "effort to locate hostages and missing persons".
Al-Aqsa Flood operation against Israel
Hamas military group announced on Oct. 7 a military operation called "Al-Aqsa Flood" against Israel which is the biggest offensive in decades.
Palestinian fighters “infiltrated” Israel from the Gaza Strip and captured military bases and took hostages as photos and videos went viral online showing Hamas fighters on vehicles inside Israel and others paragliding into occupation territory.
In response, Israeli armed forces announced targeting Hamas positions inside the Gaza Strip. Thousands were killed, and dozens of thousands of others were injured in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
The latest statistics by the Ministry of Health in Gaza revealed that the death toll from Israeli brutal pounding on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has soared to 32,782+ people, with more than 75,298+ injuries.
Since then, approximately 85% of Gazans have been displaced, all of whom are suffering from severe food insecurity, and the healthcare system has collapsed. Hundreds of thousands of people lack shelter, and aid trucks are entering the area at a lower rate than before the conflict began.
