Palestinians unearth fresh wounds as Gaza hospital burials are relocated

The courtyards of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital were once again filled with grief as Palestinians gathered around civil defence teams recovering the bodies of their loved ones.

Khalid Abu Assi, one of many who came to recover the remains of their relatives, told Middle East Eye he was there to retrieve the body of his son, killed in an Israeli strike on an aid convoy during the war on Gaza. 

"God chose for him to become a martyr," said the 60-year-old, recalling how his son Ibrahim, a medical student, died while trying to retrieve flour for their family.

"We had to bury our son in al-Shifa because there were no cemeteries available," Abu Assi explained.

"We couldn't bury him anywhere else - anyone who left the compound was shot at.

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