Bodies found at Gaza hospital as Israel vows to 'increase pressure' on Hamas

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Gaza 's civil defence said on Sunday that dozens of bodies had been found buried at a hospital complex previously raided by Israel , as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ramp up military pressure on Hamas.Palestinians stand near the site of an Israel i strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 17, 2024.

Gaza's civil defence agency said its teams had discovered 50 bodies since Saturday buried in the courtyard of the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis. Hospitals in Gaza have faced the brunt of the Israeli assault, with the military accusing Hamas of using them as command centres and to hold hostages abducted on Oct 7, claims denied by the militants.

The army has said at least some of the hostages are held in Rafah, which has so far been spared an Israeli invasion and where most of Gaza's 2.4 million people have sought shelter. Resident Umm Hassan Kloub, 35, said her children screamed when they"woke up to a nightmare of an explosion".Hamas's attack that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.

Meanwhile Hamas's military wing said its militants in southern Lebanon fired 20 rockets at a northern Israeli military base, the latest in cross-border exchanges of fire that have usually involved Hamas ally Hezbollah.

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