GAZA, Saturday, May 11, 2024 (WAFA) –Top of Form Around 80 bodies buried in three mass graves were discovered today in the yards of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, adding to the mass graves discovered since the pullout of Israeli occupation forces from the complex two months ago.  

Medical sources in Gaza explained that so far, more than 520 bodies have been found in seven mass graves in hospitals across the Gaza Strip, discovered over the past months after the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Nasser Medical Complex, Kamal Adwan Hospital, and others.

They pointed out that "the visual examination of the bodies exhumed from the mass graves showed that the majority belonged to patients who were deprived of receiving medical care."

"We found bodies torn apart by Israeli army vehicles running over the martyrs' bodies, and we found heads without bodies in the mass graves in the yards of the Shifa Complex," added the sources.

Earlier today, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 34,971 reported fatalities, with an additional 78,641 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of and ambulance and civil defense teams.

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