KUALA LUMPUR: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the continued tragic massacre by the Israeli occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory following reports of mass graves recently discovered in the Nasr Medical Complex compound in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The OIC, in a statement on Monday, said the discovery suggested hundreds of displaced, injured, and sick individuals, as well as medical convoys, were subjected to forms of torture and abuse before being executed and given mass burials.
“The OIC considered this as a war crime, a crime against humanity, and an organised state terrorism that requires investigation, accountability, and sanction under international criminal law,” the statement read.
The OIC held the Israeli occupation accountable for the repercussions of its crimes and continued terrorist practices against the Palestinian people, stressing that the International Criminal Court must assume its responsibility in this regard.
“The OIC renewed its call on the international community, in particular the Security Council, on the need to stop the war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip and to provide international protection for the Palestinian people,” it said.
Gaza’s civil defence agency in a statement on Monday said health workers uncovered at least 283 bodies of people from a mass grave at the hospital’s courtyard after the Israeli army withdrew from the city on April 7 following a 4-month ground offensive.
At least 34,151 Palestinians have been killed and 77,000 others injured in Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct 7, last year amid mass destruction and severe shortages of necessities in the enclave. – BERNAMA
