Israel returned the corpses of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Stripthat The territory’s Ministry of Health refused to bury before Israel revealed details about who they were and where it killed them.
The corpses were introduced into Gaza in a container loaded in a truck through a controlled passage Israelbut according to Palestinian officials, No information was provided on the names or ages of the victims. nor about the places where they died.
Health officials at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis They refused to receive them and bury themurging the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to request details from Israel.
“The Ministry of Health has halted the procedures to receive the container (carrying the bodies) until all the data and information on these bodies is complete so that their relatives can identify them,” the ministry said in a statement.
The head of the media office of the Hamas-run Gaza government said that Health Ministry officials told the truck driver that return the bodies of dead Palestinians to the border crossing Israeli truck from which it had arrived. The truck then left the hospital.
“They must act in accordance with international humanitarian law and in a way that preserves the dignity of the martyrs and their families,” Ismail Al-Thawabta told Reuters.
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The Red Cross said that was not involved in the process of transfer.
“We reiterate that all families have the right to receive news about their loved ones and to bury them respectfully and in accordance with their traditions,” said a statement issued by the ICRC.
According to the international humanitarian lawpeople who have died during an armed conflict must be treated with dignity and receive adequate treatment. The law requires that they be searched for, collected and evacuated, which helps ensure that people do not disappearthe ICRC statement added.
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The Civil Emergency Service, which is responsible for finding missing people under rubble, on roads and in ruined buildings in Gaza, says it has been has reported the disappearance of about 10 thousand people during the nearly year-long Israeli assault on Gaza.
Health authorities in Gaza have confirmed the death of more than 41 thousand Palestinians in the assault, which Israel launched after Hamas fighters attacked Israeli towns on Oct. 7 last year, killing 1,200 people and taking some 250 hostages, according to Israeli counts.
In recent days, the conflict has spread to another important arena: Israel has launched The largest airstrikes against Lebanon in nearly two decades, directed against the Hezbollah movement, which has launched rockets at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians.
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