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Line 43: On 14 November 2024, officials at Al-Shifa hospital announced that to date they had buried 179 bodies in a mass grave in the courtyard of the hospital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital forced to bury dead patients in 'mass grave' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/14/gazas-al-shifa-hospital-forced-to-bury-dead-patients-in-mass-grave |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> A week later, Palestinians buried dozens of unidentified bodies taken from Al-Shifa hopistal and the Indonesian hospital in a mass grave in [[Khan Yunis]].<ref>{{cite news |title=In Gaza, dozens of unidentified bodies buried in 'mass grave' |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231122-in-gaza-dozens-of-unidentified-bodies-buried-in-mass-grave |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=France 24 |date=22 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In April 2024, health workers in Gaza exhumed the first bodies from mass graves at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where at least 381 bodies were found after the withdrawal of Israeli forces, following their two-week siege. Many bodies showed signs of severe trauma, including being crushed or disfigured, partially as a result of being run over by Israeli tanks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli tanks have deliberately run over dozens of Palestinian civilians alive, says Euro-Med Monitor |url=https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6202/Israeli-tanks-have-deliberately-run-over-dozens-of-Palestinian-civilians-alive-says-Euro-Med-Monitor |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=[[Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor|EuroMed Monitor]] |date=2024-04-24 |language=en}}</ref> The graves included both buried and above-ground remains, some under dirt or plastic sheeting. <ref>{{cite news |title='Tell us where our children are?' First bodies exhumed from mass graves at Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli siege |url= Mass graves had previously been discovered at [[Al-Shifa Hospital]] after the [[Al-Shifa Hospital siege|siege]] there earlier in 2024.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Nearly 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza's Khan Younis |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/21/nearly-200-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-at-hospital-in-gazas-khan-younis |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422210426/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/21/nearly-200-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-at-hospital-in-gazas-khan-younis |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2023, al-Shifa Hospital Director Mohammad Abu Salmiya told AFP news that 179 bodies had been buried in the courtyard during the [[Al-Shifa Hospital siege]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/14/gazas-al-shifa-hospital-forced-to-bury-dead-patients-in-mass-grave | title=Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital forced to bury dead patients in 'mass grave' }}</ref> On 8 May, the Gaza Media Office stated a third mass grave had been found at al-Shifa, with some of the bodies found without heads, raising concerns about possible wars crimes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Nick |title=Reports mount of mass graves at Gaza hospitals, some bodies found ‘without heads’ |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/4652018-reports-mount-of-mass-graves-at-gaza-hospitals-some-without-heads/ |website=The Hill |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref> === Beit Lahiya === | |||