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Mass Grave with 18 Bodies Found in Libya

A man walks next to burned cars after clashes in Tripoli, Libya August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed
A man walks next to burned cars after clashes in Tripoli, Libya August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed
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Mass Grave with 18 Bodies Found in Libya

A man walks next to burned cars after clashes in Tripoli, Libya August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed
A man walks next to burned cars after clashes in Tripoli, Libya August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Libyan authorities on Sunday said they have found 18 bodies buried in a mass grave in a former ISIS stronghold along the country’s coast.

The Missing Persons Authority said in a statement the bodies were unearthed in the Sabaa area of Sirte, a city in central Libya. The bodies were taken to a local hospital, it added.

Sirte fell under the control of ISIS militants between 2015 and 2016.

The militants were eventually driven out of the city in December 2016.

In its statement, the Missing Persons Authority said they collected samples of the dead bones in an effort to identify the bodies. Further details on the cause of death for those found were not provided.

Several mass graves have been uncovered across Libya recently.

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Israel Has Attacked 55 Hospitals, Lebanon’s Health Minister Says

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on October 25, 2024. (AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on October 25, 2024. (AFP)
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Israel Has Attacked 55 Hospitals, Lebanon’s Health Minister Says

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on October 25, 2024. (AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on October 25, 2024. (AFP)

Lebanon’s Health Minister Firass Abiad said Friday that Israel has carried out attacks on 55 hospitals — 36 of which were directly hit — leaving 12 people dead and 60 wounded.

Abiad told reporters that eight hospitals have been closed while seven are still partially functioning.

He said that paramedic groups have been targeted in different areas, killing 151 people and wounding 212. Of the paramedics killed, eight remain in their ambulances in south Lebanon with Israel’s military preventing anyone from reaching them, he said.

"Attacks against the medical and paramedic sectors in Lebanon are direct and intentional aggressions," Abiad said, adding that Israel’s military claims to have intelligence information on what is happening in Lebanon, thus cannot say that these attacks happened by mistake.

"This is a war crime," Abiad said.