Gaza Endowments Ministry accuses Israel of exhuming graves, stealing bodies in Khan Younis. Ministry says Israeli forces deliberately destroyed 40 of Gaza’s 60 cemeteries under ‘false pretexts’

   The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments for Gaza accused the Israeli military of digging up graves in Khan Yunis and stealing Palestinian remains. According to the ministry, the Israeli military deliberately destroyed 40 of Gaza's 60 cemeteries under false pretexts.

    On July 11, 2025, the Ministry of Endowments in Gaza condemned the Israeli military for committing the horrific crime of exhuming graves and stealing Palestinian remains in the southern city of Khan Yunis. The ministry stated that Israel's actions constitute a blatant violation of all religious and humanitarian values and norms. Crossing all humanitarian boundaries and stripping away every moral, religious, and international value, the Israeli occupation forces destroyed the graves with tanks and bulldozers at dawn on July 10, 2025, exhuming the bodies. They committed a horrific crime by stealing the remains of Palestinian martyrs and the deceased.

    The statement added that the Israeli military violated the dignity of the dead and the posthumous dignity of human beings. Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli military has killed approximately 57,800 Palestinians in Gaza, the majority of whom were women and children. The Israeli military's relentless bombardment has devastated the Palestinian enclave, creating famine-like conditions. The Ministry of Relief and Works in the Gaza Strip stated that from October 7, 2023, to July 11, 2025, the Israeli military destroyed approximately 67 percent of coastal cemeteries during its war of genocide against Palestinian territory.

Warning: Mass grave in Northern Gaza: Gaza Endowments Ministry accuses Israel of exhuming graves, stealing bodies in Khan Younis. Ministry says Israeli forces deliberately destroyed 40 of Gaza’s 60 cemeteries under ‘false pretexts’ (Anadolu Ajansı © 2021)02