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cliffside

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2. Kick and meanwhile the bodies returned from Israel cannot be identified, a mass grave, one of many I fear ...
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:46 PM
Thursday

posted here.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1134145260

Gift link ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/world/middleeast/mass-burial-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk8.qmrp.TGvqg7g3-o3J&smid=url-share

"Forensic doctors at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, which received the remains, say they have been unable to identify roughly two-thirds of the bodies.

... Some of the bodies returned to Gaza were in a troubling state, according to Dr. Ahmed Dheir, a senior forensic specialist at Nasser Hospital. He said that many bore signs of traumatic injuries, and all were unidentified save for a number assigned by Israel.

In a statement in relation to those allegations, the Israeli military said that it “operates strictly in accordance with international law.”

"...It has been difficult for the authorities in Gaza to identify bodies returned so far because the decimated local health system lacks the capacity to do DNA testing..."

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