GAZA, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (WAFA) – The bodies of 409 martyrs—some of them decomposed—have so far been recovered by civil defense teams from the Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its surroundings in Gaza City, as well as in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, in the aftermath of the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from both areas.

Civil defense teams reported that the recovery efforts are ongoing at the moment to retrieve the bodies of potential victims in both areas, where Israeli troops pulled out in recent days after several weeks of deadly ground attacks.

They urged the international community to provide and introduce specialized equipment and machinery to assist in retrieving the bodies of victims from under the rubble of destroyed homes.

This comes in light of the large number of reports received by the teams from local families about the disappearance of their sons during the presence of the occupation forces, with dozens of bodies still buried under the rubble.

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