Wildfires in the US state of New Mexico have ravaged 20,000 acres, destroyed 1,400 buildings, and resulted in one death. The South Fork Fire, igniting in the Mescalero Apache tribal area Monday morning, quickly spread, consuming 15,000 acres. Another blaze, the Salt Fire, erupted near Ruidoso village in Lincoln County, leading to the evacuation of 7,800 people and burning 5,000 acres. Strong winds are exacerbating both fires, which remain uncontrolled. Shelters have been set up for evacuees. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared an emergency in the affected regions.
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Download File: https://iha.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/iha-2024-06-19_11-33-57_322889.mp4?_=1Palestinian Civil Defense teams announced that the bodies of 48 Palestinians who were killed at the Israeli bombardment of Shifa Hospital and buried in its garden have been exhumed.
Thirty-eight of the bodies were reportedly identified by their families but the rest could not be unidentified and were taken to the Health Ministry’s Forensic Medicine Unit.
“We came to Shifa Hospital escaping Israeli airstrikes. During the hospital siege, an Israeli sniper killed my 29-year-old son Mazen Abu Aita. The Israeli army took us out of the hospital and I do not know where my son’s body is. Some family members told me he was buried in a mass grave, but I do not know where he is,” said a woman named Muna Abu Aita, urging authorities to help seeking for his son.
There were a total of 160 bodies buried in the hospital garden and the process of moving them would take several days, said the Palestinian Civil Defense.
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