Exhumation operations continue at apparent mass grave in Khan Younis

Gaza's Hamas-controlled civil defense agency says health workers have uncovered the bodies of 283 people buried in a hospital courtyard in the southern city of Khan Younis. They found the apparent mass grave at the Nasser Hospital. The site was previously raided by Israeli forces. The agency says some of the dead had no clothing, indicating they may have faced torture and abuse. Israel's military says it is checking the information, which has not been independently verified.

How this New York island became a mass grave

 Hart Island, a small piece of land off the Bronx in New York City, resurfaced in national headlines in April 2020, when New York City was the epicenter of the US coronavirus pandemic. News footage of the island’s cemetery showed trenches being filled with pine coffins, and sent shockwaves around the world. But these mass burials taking place during the pandemic are just the most recent in Hart Island’s long history.