A picture taken on Jan. 11, 2024 shows a makeshift cemetery in the eastern al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City after it was reportedly bulldozed by Israeli forces. (Credit: AFP)
Israel on Tuesday handed over to Palestinian authorities the bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in recent weeks, health officials in the Palestinian enclave said.
The bodies, which had been held in Israel, were handed over through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing and will be buried in mass graves in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, the officials said.
The health ministry in Gaza did not immediately say how many bodies had been handed over.
Israel, which began a military offensive in Gaza after Palestinian militants from the coastal enclave went on the rampage in southern Israel on Oct. 7 last year, did not immediately comment on the handover.
over to Palestinian authorities the bodies of dozens of
Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in recent weeks,
health officials in the Palestinian enclave said.
The bodies, which had been held in Israel, were handed over
through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing and will be
buried in mass graves in the city of Rafah in...