The Palestinian Civil Defense says it has begun excavating a mass grave at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City containing at least 30 bodies, as of Wednesday, December 10. Footage filmed by Abdullah M. Al Majdalawi shows several body bags being removed from a pit on the hospital grounds. The Palestinian Civil Defense says it expects the total number of bodies recovered to exceed 300. | TRT World

In Chemmani, northern Sri Lanka, a mass grave uncovered earlier this year is forcing a nation to confront the darkest chapters of its past. More than 200 skeletons, some of them children, have been exhumed near a former war zone, reviving the anguish of Tamil families who have spent decades searching for loved ones who disappeared during the country’s civil war. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery has more. | CNN International