The bodies of almost 400 people were uncovered after the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) departed the area on April 7.
At least 73 bodies were discovered on Monday inside the courtyard of the Nasser hospital, which Colonel Yamen Abu Suleiman Director of Civil Defence for the city said brought the “total number to 283".Previously, a Khan Younis Civil Defence spokesman said it was searching for the bodies of an estimated 400 missing people after the IDF left.
But it is not clear who buried the recently discovered bodies nor whether they were put there as a makeshift cemetery or placed in a mass grave. After the military withdrew from Khan Younis earlier this month, residents have been returning to the site in search of the bodies of their loved ones with the aim of burying them in permanent graves elsewhere.
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