The spokesperson for the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) acknowledged that their troops have exhumed bodies from graves in Khan Younis for examination "to determine whether they belonged to Israeli prisoners".

The spokesperson for the IOF told CNN that they were searching for the remains of Israeli captives

Israeli occupation forces have caused serious damage to a cemetery in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, earlier this week, where they extracted the bodies. Footage showed exposed skeletal structures after the IOF destroyed the graves.

CNN reported that an intentional attack targeting cemeteries, as the IOF has confessed to doing, constitutes a war crime. 

Check out: 'Israel' is stealing organs from the remains of Palestinians

Back in December, the Government Media Office in Gaza revealed that the Israeli occupation forces handed over the mutilated bodies of 80 martyrs after stealing their organs, adding that the bodies were unidentified and the occupation refused to specify the names of these martyrs or the places from which they were stolen.

The occupation repeated the crime of stealing organs more than once in its genocidal war, as per the statement.

It was highlighted that the Israeli occupation forces have been involved in a grave crime, specifically the kidnapping of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs and the theft of their vital organs.

The statement further pointed out that "Israel" had previously engaged in desecrating graves in Jabalia, underscoring that "Israel" continues to retain possession of numerous martyrs' bodies from the Gaza Strip.