THE UN’s top human rights office today “raised the alarm” over mass graves uncovered after the departure of Israeli troops from Khan Younis, with the number of bodies exhumed now at 310.

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said it was working to verify findings reported by Palestinian officials, who say bodies had been buried under piles of refuse and included women and elderly people, as well as bodies with their hands tied, indicating executions rather than deaths in combat.

The Organisation for Islamic Co-operation has called for a war crimes investigation into Israel over the apparent massacres.