The MEDICAL Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) strongly criticized Israel following the discovery of mass graves at Nasser Hospital and Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Palestine.
“We strongly condemn the perpetrators of the mass murder of hundreds of bodies found in the Nasser and Al Shifa Hospital complexes,” said the Chairman of the MER-C Presidum, Dr. Sarbini Abdul Murad in a statement broadcast by MER-C, Thursday (2/5).
Sarbini also called for sending an international investigative team to investigate in more detail and bring the perpetrators to justice, as was done with Serbian officials who carried out genocide in Bosnia.
So far at least 310 bodies have been recovered from mass graves at the Nasser Hospital compound following Israeli troops withdrew from the city on April 7, following a four-month ground offensive, according to Gaza’s civil defense agency.
Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that among the bodies found were those of elderly people, women and injured victims, while others were found bound and stripped of their clothes.
Regarding these findings, the UN said it was concerned regarding possible war crimes committed by Israel once morest Gaza residents.
MER-C since March 18 2024 has continued to send medical team assistance to the Gaza Strip. At least three teams have gone to Gaza, with a total of 24 volunteers consisting of specialist doctors, general practitioners, nurses and midwives.
Currently the MER-C Medical Team is on duty in a number of hospitals that are still functioning in Rafah, southern Gaza, namely An Najar Hospital, Al-Helal Al-Emiraty Hospital, and Tal Al Sultan Primary Health Care Center. (B-3)
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