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Israel hands back stolen Palestinian bodies with missing organs: Report

More than 100 Palestinian bodies have been returned to Gaza for mass burial in the southern city of Rafah. 

The bodies were stolen by Israeli forces from various areas in the Gaza Strip and taken back to Israel, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. 

Some of the bodies being buried again were already decomposed, Wafa reported. Others were unidentified.

Wafa also reported that doctors who had inspected the remains said there were signs that some bodies had missing organs. 

The Israeli army, delivered them through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.

Last November, Israel stole 110 bodies from Al-Shifa Hospital and from a cemetery in front of the hospital’s emergency department.