UN calls for investigation into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals

United Nations officials demanded a “clear, transparent and reliable ” analysis Tuesday after mass graves containing the body of hundreds of men and women were discovered on the grounds of two main hospitals in Gaza that were recently under assault by the Israeli government.

The large tombs contained some persons stripped naked with their hands tied, raising concerns over possible war crimes, the U. N. said, describing the body as “buried deep in the ground and covered with spare. ”

U. N. official Stephane Dujarric told reporters Tuesday that authorities may have total access to the places and ensured protection from the Israeli military.

Mass grave places were discovered at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, containing 283 body at the Nasser page only. The Khan Younis burial site was constructed because Arab citizens may not do tombs due to ongoing military strikes by Israeli troops, Palestinian Civil Defense said.

“Hospitals are entitled to really special safety under international humanitarian law, ” U. N. human rights captain Volker Türk said Tuesday. “And the intentional killing of civilians, prisoners and others who are ‘hors de combat’ ( capable of engaging in combat ) is a combat violence. ”

Türk said any investigation into the mass graves should be independent of the Israeli government “given the prevailing climate of impunity, ” adding that he was “horrified ” by the reports.

U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights director Ravina Shamdasani added that 30 bodies were discovered at the Al-Shifa Hospital page, including some sure and tied.

She added that there could be “many more ” patients “despite the state by the Israeli Defense Forces to have killed 200 Palestinians during the Al-Shifa medical advanced procedure. ”

U. S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel called the reports of mass graves “incredibly troubling ” and said the Biden administration has questioned the Israeli state.

The Israeli authorities said its troops past exhumed body buried at the sites in search of Jewish hostages held by Hamas in the fight. The Jewish military besieged the facilities for weeks earlier this year, claiming that Hamas militants were in among citizens. The states could not be freely verified.

It is questionable which figure had   carry an investigation  if authorized.  

The Israeli government has repeatedly stepped-up attacks on southwestern Gaza in recent days, as it hopes to drive into the town of Rafah. A full of 34,000 Palestinians — two-thirds of them women and children — have been killed in the battle, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Many of Gaza has then devolved into hunger, as the Biden administration continues to force the Jewish government to allow more charitable help into the country as a humanitarian crisis intensifies.