Signs of torture and executions uncovered in Gaza’s mass graves
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Palestinians have dug up more than 400 bodies from mass graves at two Gaza hospitals. Some have shown signs of torture and possible executions. The International Court of Justice had already issued a preliminary order against Israel after finding that its actions in Gaza might amount to genocide. So how will the world respond to this?
In this episode:
- Akram al-Satarri (@AlSatarri) Journalist
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Chloe K. Li with our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Catherine Nouhan fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
Connect with us:
@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, almost 400 bodies have been dug up from mass graves in Gaza. |
| 0:18.0 | Some showing evidence of torture. |
| 0:21.6 | The smell of this is just overwhelming your brain and your ability to think or act. |
| 0:27.6 | The heartbreaking details from the scene as outrage continues to pour in from around the world. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Kevin Horton and this is the world. I'm Kevin Hurtain, and this is the take. |
| 0:46.8 | Over the past week, |
| 0:49.3 | Gaza emergency officials uncovered hundreds of bodies |
| 0:52.5 | buried in mass graves at two leading hospitals, saying some were executed by the Israeli military. |
| 0:59.9 | In these mass graves, the bodies of martyrs were stacked together, and there were indications that field executions or summary executions were conducted as well as... |
| 1:12.5 | This has led to an international outcry. |
| 1:14.9 | The European Union and the United Nations have joined international calls for an independent probe into the situation. |
| 1:21.6 | Even from Israel's closest allies. |
| 1:24.2 | The White House has described reports of mass graves in Gaza as deeply disturbing. |
| 1:30.6 | But in Gaza, what happened seems clear. |
| 1:33.7 | Some of the victims had their hands tied and they were buried alive. And others, according to |
| 1:39.1 | eyewitness accounts, were crushed with tanks in what appears to be an attempt to cover |
| 1:43.5 | up evidence. |
| 1:45.1 | And today, we're talking to a journalist who is in Gaza. |
| 1:48.9 | I am Akram As Satari. I work as a freelance journalist. |
| 1:53.6 | I'm originally from Khan Yunus. I was displaced. And I am in Rafah now. |
| 1:59.7 | And it was at Nasser Hospital in K Khan Yunus, his hometown, where he witnessed firsthand these bodies excavated body by body from one of the mass graves. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Al Jazeera, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Al Jazeera and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.