(20 Jun 2024)
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++CLIENTS: EDIT HAS GRAPHIC SHOTS OF DEAD BODIES IN MORGUE++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 20 June 2024
1. Bodies wrapped with white nylon inside the morgue of the European Hospital
2. Various of people mourning their relatives who were killed in Israeli airstrike ++GRAPHIC++
3. Various of people carrying bodies out of the morgue
4. Various of people praying for victims
5. Various of people gathering near bodies lying on the ground
6. People carrying bodies to the ambulance
STORYLINE:
The bodies of 11 people killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza were on Thursday in the morgue of the nearby European Hospital.
Relatives were saying goodbye to their loved ones in the morgue, and then mourners prayed over the bodies outside the hospital.
There were no further details and the Israeli military had no immediate comment.
In recent weeks, Israel’s military has concentrated its offensive in the nearby city of Rafah, which lies on the border with Egypt.
It is where the Israeli military says Hamas’ last remnants are holding out.
More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people had earlier taken shelter in Rafah to escape fighting elsewhere in the territory, and the city is now nearly empty as the Israeli military carries out airstrikes and ground operations.
The Israeli military says it has killed over 500 militants and inflicted heavy damage on Hamas’ forces, but officials expect the operation to continue for at least several more weeks.
Israel also has taken over a 14-kilometer (8-mile) corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt, including the Rafah border crossing.
AP video shot by Mariam Dagga
Production: Wafaa Shurafa
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