Israel returns bodies of 80 Palestinians taken from morgues, graves in Gaza
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP
Israel on Tuesday returned the bodies of 80 Palestinians after taking them from morgues and graves in Gaza to check there were no hostages among them, sources in the territory’s health ministry said.
The bodies, which had been transported to Israel, were returned through the Red Cross to Hamas authorities who buried them in a mass grave in Gaza, the sources said.
An AFP photographer saw a digger lowering the blue body bags into a trench in Rafah, in the far south of the narrow territory.
The Israeli army did not immediately comment.
Around 250 people were taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas fighters when they attacked Israeli military check-posts on October 7. The attack left around 1,140 people dead, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
Some 129 remain in captivity in Gaza.
Israel has killed more than 20,900 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, since October 7, according to the health ministry. Some 55,000 have also been wounded.
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