Recovery teams retrieve bodies, remains of 105 Palestinians from rubble of Gaza residential block
The remains of one hundred five Palestinians have been exhumed from beneath the debris of a residential building that was destroyed by Israeli military strikes in the central district of Gaza City following an extensive seventeen-day search operation.
On Wednesday, relatives assembled in the severely damaged al-Taj district to pay their final respects to deceased family members, while emergency personnel arranged the shrouded bodies in rows among the rubble.
The Civil Defense reported that the recovery operation was executed in collaboration with an Egyptian committee.
“These individuals are civilians and human beings who possess the fundamental right to live in conditions of peace and security,” Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal stated, reiterating appeals for the protection of civilians in Gaza.
In attendance was Taghreed al-Hanawi, whose daughter, Dr. Alia Ramzi al-Hanawi, perished together with her spouse and four offspring.
“Their family was completely erased from the civil registry,” she said.
“Today the wound has reopened, but at last I was able to hold their remains and bury them with dignity,” she added.
Images from the mass funeral ceremony held in Gaza City for over 105 Palestinians whose remains were recently recovered from underneath the rubbles of the homes destroyed by Israel during the genocide.
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Fawaz Ziyara, who is both a relative of those who perished and a survivor from the locality, reported that approximately 300 individuals lost their lives when the residential structure sustained a direct strike, with additional casualties and unaccounted persons still trapped beneath the debris.
Official data indicate that the bodies of approximately 8,000 Palestinians remain trapped under the rubble in various parts of the Gaza Strip, as many targeted sites remain inaccessible and rescue efforts continue to be hindered by shortages of equipment and heavy machinery.
Civil defense personnel have been operating in hazardous health conditions since the start of the Israeli war, with decomposing bodies in exposed areas and limited access to protective gear and biological testing tools.
A ceasefire that took effect last October ended Israel’s two-year genocidal war that began on October 7, 2023.
Palestinian authorities say the bloody onslaught killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and injured over 175,000 others, most of them women and children, and caused widespread destruction affecting 90% of civilian infrastructure. The UN estimates reconstruction costs at approximately $70 billion.
At least 1,431 Palestinians have been killed and 5,026 others injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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