Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsGAZA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - People trapped inside Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital plan to start burying bodies within the hospital compound on Tuesday without Israeli approval because the situation has become untenable, two sources at the hospital said.
"We are planning to bury them today in a mass grave inside the Al Shifa medical complex.
Qidra put the number of bodies that had accumulated at Al Shifa at about 100.
"Unfortunately there is no approval from the Israelis to even bury the bodies within the hospital area," he said.
Israel says Al Shifa Hospital sits atop tunnels housing a headquarters for Hamas fighters, who are to blame for its plight for using patients as human shields.
Persons:
Gaza's, Ahmed Al Mokhallalati, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Al Shifa, Mokhallalati, Estelle Shirbon, Janet Lawrence
Organizations:
Hamas, Maxar Technologies, REUTERS, Al, ICRC, International, Thomson
Locations:
Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Gaza's Al Shifa