The United Nations has called for an investigation “credible and independent” about the discovery of mass graves in front of several hospitals in the Gaza Stripfrom one of which 283 bodies have been recovered.

The spokesman for the UN General Secretariat, Stéphane Dujarric, stated during a press conference that these reports “They are extremely worrying” and constitute “yet another reason” for “all these sites to be thoroughly investigated.”

“And it’s another reason why we need a ceasefire, why we need to see an end to this conflict, why we need greater access for humanitarian personnel, greater protection of hospitals. We need the hostages to be released. I mean, it reinforces all the points we’ve been making,” he said.

For his part, the spokesman for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, has stated that Washington is “investigating this matter with the Government of Israel“, adding that he will pressure the Israelis to find out more about this issue.

The Government of Gaza, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), reported this Monday that it has recovered 283 bodies from a mass grave found on the grounds of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip. During Monday’s day, 73 bodies have been located, of which 42 have been identified.

The Gazan authorities have highlighted that bodies of women and elderly people have been located, as well as corpses with wounds, tied or without clothes “indicating that they were executed in cold blood.” There are bodies that have not been identified “knowing that the occupation Army has deliberately hidden them, burying them deeply in sand and throwing rubble on top.”

Palestinian rescue services entered the Nasser Hospital on Friday following the withdrawal on April 7 of the Palestinian forces. Israeli attack on the southern enclave to determine exactly the scope of the operation by the Israel Defense Forces, which claimed that these operations were aimed at neutralizing Palestinian militiamen hiding in the medical center.

The Israeli Army began an offensive against the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in response to its attacks on October 7, which left 1,200 dead and 240 hostages. Palestinian authorities have since notified the death of more than 34,100 people, To which are added around 480 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem due to the actions of the security forces and Israeli settlers.