Hamas urges global action after report of Palestinians buried in unmarked graves

Hamas has urged international courts and relevant bodies to prosecute those responsible after an investigation revealed that Israeli forces bulldozed the bodies of Palestinian aid seekers and buried them in shallow graves in Gaza.

The Gaza-based group, in a statement on Wednesday, urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in particular to follow up on the heinous crime, include it in the reports documenting the Tel Aviv regime’s crimes, and bring Israeli leaders to justice for their crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas noted that the CNN investigation, titled “Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves,” provides new documented evidence of one of the aspects of Israel’s systematic genocide against Palestinians, and offers additional proof of its "deliberate attempt to turn aid into mass death traps."

The resistance movement said that the "horrendous" crime is a part of the war crimes and systematic attacks, which Israel is perpetrating before the eyes of the international community, with complete disregard for international law and the most basic human rights principles.

Hamas pointed out that these atrocities are taking place with the collusion of the US administration and certain Western governments, alongside efforts to obstruct the international prosecution of Israeli war criminals, particularly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

More than 2,000 Palestinians are reported to have been killed in 2025 while waiting to receive aid from the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, jointly run by the US and Israel.

The CNN report, drawing on video analysis, satellite imagery, and accounts from witnesses and former soldiers, highlights that Israel engaged in systematic breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza.

The investigation reveals the plight of Palestinians who disappeared while trying to reach humanitarian aid convoys in northern Gaza.

Survivors and families of the missing recounted chaotic moments marked by indiscriminate gunfire from Israeli forces, as desperate civilians scrambled to secure food.

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Video footage, geolocated to the Zikim area, reveals several decomposing bodies, some partially buried, lying near an overturned aid truck. Dogs have been observed scavenging remains, with satellite imagery revealing bulldozer activity in the area both during and after the incidents.

Civil defense teams reported that numerous bodies could not be recovered due to continuous Israeli strikes.

A former Israeli soldier told CNN that his unit had buried nine unarmed Palestinians without marking their graves or documenting their identities through photographs. He described how the odor of decomposing bodies became unbearable as dogs scavenged the remains.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor documented these practices through a systematic program, employing field investigations in northern and southern Gaza.

The organization’s field reports indicate that Israeli forces frequently buried Palestinian bodies in public spaces, open areas, and locations near critical facilities such as aid distribution centers, hospitals, and schools.

These actions were often carried out after the areas had been militarily sealed off, with access restricted to medical teams, families, and local residents.

The Geneva-based group underscored that this practice eliminates potential evidence of unlawful killings, hinders thorough investigations, and denies families the right to learn the fate and burial locations of their loved ones, further violating human dignity and international law.

Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed at least 70,117 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and injured 170,999 others in the two-year war in Gaza that has reduced much of the coastal sliver to rubble.

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