Israeli army destroys 16 cemeteries 

An investigation has found that the Israeli military has desecrated at least 16 cemeteries in its ground offensive in Gaza. 

CNN has reviewed satellite imagery and social media footage showing the destruction of cemeteries and witnessed it firsthand while traveling with the IDF in a convoy. 

The Israeli army's withdrawal from areas in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip revealed the destruction of a cemetery in the city with many of its graves dug up by the Israeli forces.

The Israeli army early on Wednesday retreated hundreds of meters from areas around the Khan Younis Nasser Hospital, leaving behind heavily damaged buildings and infrastructure.

The Israeli army damaged the cemetery near the Nasser Hospital and exhumed some decomposed corpses while bulldozing areas in the cemetery.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, killing at least 24,448 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 61,504 others, according to local health authorities.