BBC correspondent records mass burial as 80 bodies returned to Gaza

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BBC Arabic's Adnan El-Bursh was reporting from Gaza when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) handed about 80 bodies to the Palestinian authorities there in December.

The Israeli military said it had taken them from Gaza to Israel so they could be checked to see if there were any hostages among them.

Our reporter captured the moment in a video diary as the remains were buried in a mass grave in a cemetery in Rafah in southern Gaza. He describes the "awful" sight and smell.

Read more about his experiences: My struggle to keep family safe while reporting the Gaza war

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