The Civil Defense of the Gaza Strip announced this evening that at least 50 bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces have been exhumed at a hospital in the southern city of Han Younis.
"We discovered the presence of mass graves of the Israeli occupier in the Nasser Medical Complex. On Saturday, we started excavations and were amazed to find 50 martyrs in one of the graves," the civil defense told AFP.
The search continued today and there are more bodies, but we are waiting for the end of the operation to determine the exact number.
"Some bodies were found without clothes, which certainly indicates that they were arrested, tortured and subjected to abuse by the Israeli occupation army," said an unnamed civil defense spokesman.
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said in a separate statement that the bodies of "more than 50 martyrs of all ages" were found in the tomb.
Hamas labeled it as a "terrible crime" and added that the Israeli army, after the "cold-blooded execution and burial of the body", bulldozed over the grave in the courtyard of the Nasser Medical Complex.
The Israeli military told AFP it was verifying the information.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been particularly targeted by the Israeli army since the start of the war on October 7.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Israelis today that he would step up "military pressure" on the Palestinian movement Hamas "in the coming days."
Netanyahu did not mention the offensive on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, and he has said on several occasions that he is determined to launch it, despite warnings from the international community.
"We will give him new heavy blows, and it will happen soon. In the coming days, we will increase military and political pressure on Hamas, because this is the only way to free our hostages and achieve our victory," the Israeli prime minister said in a video ahead of Passover.
The US House of Representatives on Saturday night approved a $13 billion plan for military aid to Israel, a historic US ally, in the war against the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Those funds will be specifically intended for strengthening the Israeli anti-missile shield "Iron Dome". More than nine billion dollars are planned for emergency humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza and other vulnerable populations around the world, according to the summary of the text.
The aid plan drew criticism from Hamas, which believes that it "gives the green light" to Israel to continue the war against the Palestinians.
The war between Israeli forces and Hamas began on October 7 in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas assessed today that Washington gave Israel the "green light to continue aggression" against the Palestinians by Saturday's approval of new military aid to the country, in the amount of 13 billion dollars. The US government "bears political, legal and moral responsibility for the war crimes" committed by Israel against the Palestinians "through its military aid that violates international law and constitutes a 'blank check' and a green light for the continuation of brutal aggression against our people," the statement said. Hamas statement.
The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a major aid plan for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as a possible ban on the social network TikTok.
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The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the Palestinian Hamas, announced today that a total of 34.097 people have died in that territory since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas.
In the last 24 hours alone, at least 48 more people died, according to the announcement.
As it is added, since the beginning of the war on October 7 last year, 76.980 people have been wounded.
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Thirteen people, including nine children, were killed in last night's Israeli strikes on Rafah, in the south of Gaza, health officials in the area announced today.
Israel carries out almost daily attacks on the Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's 2,3 million residents have taken refuge from fighting elsewhere in the Palestinian territory.
Israel has also announced that it will expand its ground offensive to the city on the border with Egypt despite international calls for restraint, including appeals from the US.
Last night, the House of Representatives of the US Congress approved, as part of a broader aid package, 26 billion dollars for Israel, of which XNUMX billion dollars is intended for humanitarian aid to Gaza.
According to Kuwait Hospital officials, a man, his pregnant wife and their three-year-old child were killed in the first strike last night, and doctors managed to save the baby the dead woman was carrying.
According to hospital data, eight children and two women from one family were killed in the second attack.
An airstrike the night before killed nine people, including six children.
According to local health officials, since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas on October 7 last year, more than 34.000 Palestinians have been killed, Gaza's two largest cities have been destroyed and entire parts of the territory have been devastated. About 80 percent of Gaza's population has fled their homes to other parts of the besieged territory, which experts say is on the brink of starvation.
The more than six-month-old conflict has fueled regional instability, pitting Israel and the US against Iran and allied militant groups across the Middle East. Israel and Iran directly exchanged fire earlier this month, sparking fears of an outbreak of war between the two long-time foes.
Tensions have also risen in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army announced that its forces "neutralized" two Palestinians who attacked a checkpoint early this morning with a knife and a gun in Hebron, in the southern West Bank. There were no injuries among the Israeli forces.
Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed at least 469 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Most were killed during Israeli military raids, which often lead to exchanges of fire, or during violent protests.
The war in Gaza broke out after the attack by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas and other militants on October 7 in the south of Israel, when about 1.200 people were killed and about 250 hostages were taken. Israel then launched a military campaign against Hamas, which has been in power in Gaza since 2007.
At least 34.049 Palestinians have been killed in the war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel blames Hamas for civilian casualties because they are fighting in densely populated residential areas, but the Israeli military has made little comment on its strikes, which often kill women and children.
The Israeli army claims to have killed more than 13.000 Hamas fighters, but provides no evidence for this, according to the AP agency.
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The Presidency of the Palestinian Authority assessed today as an "aggression against the Palestinian people" the fact that the Lower House of the US Congress approved military aid worth several billion dollars to Israel.
That money risks causing thousands of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, said last night. He stated that it was a "dangerous escalation".
The bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives of the US Congress last night adopted a bill granting Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan additional financial resources in the total amount of 95 billion dollars.
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Of that amount, 26,38 billion dollars are earmarked for Israel, of which 9,1 billion will be used to provide humanitarian aid to the population threatened by the conflict in Gaza. Israel has been waging a war against the Palestinian extremist Hamas in Gaza for more than six months, after Hamas commandos invaded Israeli territory on October 7 last year.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would "reassess the relationship" with Washington after the United States vetoed Palestinian membership in the United Nations on Thursday.
"The Palestinian leadership will review bilateral relations with the United States to guarantee the preservation of the interests of our people, our goals and rights," President Abbas said in an interview with the Palestinian news agency Wafa, as reported by Agence France-Presse.
The US vetoed the Security Council's vote on a proposal for the Palestinians to become a full member of the United Nations. Since 2012, the Palestinians have had the status of "non-member observer state" in the UN.
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Conflict between Israel and Hamas - 196rd day.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced last night that it will invite the ambassadors of the United Nations Security Council countries that voted for full Palestinian membership in the UN to the talks today.
"The ambassadors of France, Japan, South Korea, Malta, Slovakia and Ecuador will be summoned tomorrow and a strong note of protest will be sent to them," the ministry announced on the X platform.
The draft resolution presented by Algeria, which "recommends to the General Assembly that the State of Palestine be accepted as a member of the UN", received 12 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions on Thursday.
The admission of a country to the UN must first receive a positive recommendation from the Security Council (at least nine out of 15 votes, and without a veto by any permanent member) and then be approved by the UN General Assembly with a two-thirds majority.
During the vote in the UN Security Council, the USA vetoed the resolution on full membership of Palestine in the UN. This caused the displeasure of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who said today that he will review relations with Washington.
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