Nasser hospital mass grave: Pain and patience in Gaza as bodies are exhumed

For the past four mornings, Amal al-Baiouk has come to Nasser hospital to watch the dead bodies be brought out.

Like the other parents of missing people, who keep returning to this devastated corner of Khan Younis, disappointment is etched across her face.

Rescue workers begin exhuming early, with dozens pulled out of the ground as the day goes on.

For Palestinian mothers waiting patiently around the burial pits, any news of their sons is good news, even if that means they are dead. Some have been missing for three months.

“I look at each body’s face, but I have not been guided to my son,” Baiouk tells Middle East Eye.

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