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Nearly 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis

Palestinian health workers unearth a body buried by Israeli forces inside Nasser hospital compound in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 21, 2024. [AFP]

Palestinian civil defence crews have uncovered a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis, with 180 bodies recovered so far, Al Jazeera has learned, as Israel continues its bombardment of the devastated coastal enclave for more than six months.

The discovery on Saturday, continuing into Sunday, comes after the Israeli military withdrew its troops from the southern city on April 7. Much of Khan Younis is now in ruins.

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