GeoConfirmed ISR-PAL Investigation.
Palestinians are exhuming bodies from the grounds of the Nasser Medical Complex hospital complex in Khan Younis, Gaza.
This is occurring at the same location where mass graves were dug and burial ceremonies had taken place by Palestinians in recent months. (Proof in this thread)
Footage from Palestinians digging graves/mass graves dated 25 January, 28 January and 03 February while IDF entered the hospital around 15 February.
Quote from
“In the hospital courtyard, civil defence members and paramedics have retrieved 180 bodies buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military." (By Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud)
Conclusion:
This is disinformation by Al Jazeera and others:
This is a known graveyard/mass grave and at least partially dug by Palestinians.
This does not exclude that graves could have been added when the hospital was occupied by Israeli forces.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/21…
25 JAN 2024 - Palestinian burials by Palestinian people in Nasser Hospital. (VID 01)
An estimation of 75 graves (3 rows of 25 graves) are visible on this video at the exact place where they claimed to have found a mass grave made by the Israeli military.
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Source:
t.me/Ahaamd1985/187…
t.me/VBnO4pp1lMzBi/…
Still of the footage in VID 01 showing the source, the date and the estimated 75 graves.
28 JAN 2024 - As claimed "More than 30 bodies, most of them unidentified, were buried in a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis due to the siege of the IDF." (Vid 02)
Same location as the previous video.
GeoLocation VID 01 and VID 02
03 FEB 2024 - In this footage you see Palestinians digging a mass grave 50m east, at the other side of the building visible in the footage above. (VID 03)
With this text:
"The bodies of thirty martyrs were buried in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis."
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Still of the footage in VID 03 showing the source, the date and the digging of a mass grave.
Geolocation VID 03:
IDF entered the hospital complex around 15 February according to different news outlets and our own GeoLocations.
cbsnews.com/news/israel-ha…
Our first GeoConfirmation of IDF entering the hospital complex. (15 FEB 2024)
Israeli military vehicles driving inside the Nasser Hospital complex, Khan Younis
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GeoLocated by @NemoAnno
Geolocation:
Location:
Sources:
geoconfirmed.org/israel/4403c05…
instagram.com/reel/C3Xr_eEoS…
Recent video's. Same location as the known grave yard/mass graves, at least partially dug by Palestinians.
(21 APR 2024) - Bodies being recovered at the grounds of the Nasser Hospital complex. (VID 04)
(21 APR 2024) - Bodies being recovered at the grounds of the Nasser Hospital complex. (VID 05)
(21 APR 2024) - Bodies being recovered at the grounds of the Nasser Hospital complex. VID 06 (Al Jazeera)
Geolocation of VID 04, VID 05, VID 06.
GeoLocation by @m_osint and @NemoAnno
Locations:
This is not the first time claims like this were made.
The discovery of graves in Al Shifa, for example, that were also at least partially dug by Palestinians.
Or even in this example:
23 DEC 2023: "A civil defense team buried the bodies of unknown Palestinians left in the streets for over 20 days in Gaza city."
GeoLocation by @fdov21
31 JAN 2024, the same mass grave was dug up...but with a different explanation.
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Video's
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GeoLocation by @NemoAnno
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Conclusion:
Claiming that 180 bodies were buried in a mass grave "by IDF" is disinformation, by Al Jazeera and others.
This is a known graveyard/mass grave and at least partially dug by Palestinians. This does not exclude that graves could have been added when the hospital was occupied by Israeli forces.
Remark:
It is highly likely that hospitals were forced to bury the deceased on their own grounds or in nearby areas due to safety concerns around transporting the bodies to a formal graveyard.
For example, in a video from Nasser hospital, people mention that the facility was under siege, indicating they were unable to take the deceased to a graveyard and had to bury them on the hospital premises.
According to Islamic funeral customs, Muslims are typically expected to be buried as soon as possible after death, often within 24 hours.
This helps explain why the hospitals opted to conduct burials on their own grounds, with the intention of providing a proper funeral at a later, safer time. Reburial is a known practice in conflict situations.
Overall, the decision to bury the deceased on hospital grounds or nearby areas was likely a pragmatic one driven by safety and religious burial practices, rather than any malicious intent.
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Thx to @MiddleEastBuka, @NemoAnno, @fdov21, @TwistyCB and @GeoRaccoon for their investigating/geolocation work.
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More information: this was just brought to our attention.
Jan 28: NBC News.
"Palestinians have dug a mass grave on the grounds of Nasser Hospital, as they lack a safe passage to transport bodies for proper burials. The hospital's manager says 150 bodies have been buried in the past few days after they started to decompose in the hospital's mortuary.'
This is the location visible in VID 03.
Reminder: This does not exclude that graves could have been added when the hospital was occupied by Israeli forces.
nbcnews.com/video/palestin…
More information, this was just brought to our attention.
0:20 - "I am here to find the body of my son, his brother told me that he buried him here."
Reminder: in this thread we only proof that these mass graves existed before, just as the graveyards, and were at-least partially dug by Palestinians.
While the initial reporting spoke about "new mass graves" and people "buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military" with accompanying footage... while that footage taken was at the location of known mass graves.
I feel sorry for the fact that we are discussing now about how people should report... instead of making assumptions and unproven claims they should stick to facts.
All this while we should be talking about the important issue: Hundreds of people died and are buried at this place.
This is - and always will be - horrible.
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