Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Evidence of torture, executions in mass grave

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• The Palestinian Civil Defence says it will cooperate with an independent investigation into three separate mass graves containing 392 bodies.
• Demands for “answers” from Israeli leaders reverberate as the grisly effort to dig up corpses buried in Khan Younis continues.
• A Hamas official says the group is “serious” about releasing captives, but only with a ceasefire.
• A senior Israeli official says the military is “moving ahead” with its planned ground invasion of Rafah, ignoring a growing chorus of international warnings to call it off.
• At least 34,305 Palestinians have been killed and 77,293 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive in Gaza.