Middle East: 233 bodies recovered from rubble in Gaza since Friday

Milan, 12 October (LaPresse/AP) – The truce in the fighting in Gaza has allowed rescue workers to search for bodies buried under the rubble in previously inaccessible areas. According to local health authorities, since Friday, when the ceasefire came into effect, 233 bodies have been recovered and transported to hospitals. Yasser el-Bureis, who was at the morgue of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, said on Sunday that he and his relatives had finally recovered the bodies of his two cousins who were killed months earlier while trying to flee their homes. ‘For five months, we were unable to recover the bodies,’ he said.