100 bodies recovered from under the rubble of evacuated Gaza areas
[ 18/01/2009 - 05:33 PM ] http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/DataFiles/Cache/TempImgs/2009/1/images_Ne ws_2009_01_18_gaza-rubble_300_0.jpg GAZA, (PIC)-- Palestinian medical teams on Sunday recovered around 100 bodies of Palestinian civilians from under the rubble of houses flattened in the Israeli occupation forces' three-week onslaught on the Gaza Strip. Dr. Muawiya Hassanein, the director of ambulance and emergency in the PA health ministry, said that the bodies of scores of other martyrs were still pending removal from different areas in the Strip. He said that the medics could not reach those areas due to the IOF presence in the past days but he noted that coordination was made with the IOF to allow access for ambulances. He noted that the number of martyrs in the IOF bloody invasion of the Strip had reached 1310 while the wounded reached 5450. He pointed out that 417 children, 108 women, 120 elderly people, 14 paramedics and civil defense members, 4 journalists and 5 foreigners were among the victims of the attacks. Paramedics, who retrieved the bodies, said that they saw horrific scenes of dismembered and semi-decayed bodies, noting that most of the bodies were of women and children who opted to remain in their houses at the start of the aerial raids. They said that bodies were directly buried and not carried to hospitals because they were almost decomposed, adding that their relatives identified them before the burial.
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