Palestinian health ministry says Israel removed over 100 bodies from al-Shifa

In an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic, the general manager for the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Munir al-Barsh, said that Israeli forces removed more than 100 bodies from al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza.

Barsh told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces removed 15 bodies from a mass grave, with a total of around 130 bodies taken from the hospital. He did not say where the bodies were taken to or provide further details.

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari was asked about this claim by a reporter, but dodged the question, according to a report by the Times of Israel on Thursday.

“We are working in Shifa Hospital for 48 hours. It’s a complex operation. It’s a large complex,” Hagari said.