Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for 100 Palestinians, Including 62 Children, Whose Bodies Were Recovered From the Rubble
Mourners buried the remains in collective graves as civil defence teams recovered bodies from destroyed buildings, while Gaza officials said 6,000 people remain missing.
- On Sunday, Palestinians in Gaza City held a mass funeral for 100 people, including 62 children, whose remains were recovered from rubble of buildings destroyed in 2023 Israeli airstrikes.
- Recovery efforts remain painstaking as the US and Israel continue to block construction equipment from entering Gaza, leaving civil defense teams without heavy machinery needed to clear debris.
- Among the 100 victims were 55 members of the Malaka family, alongside members of the Irahem, Qanbour, Balawi, and Dahdouh families, all killed in 2023 Israeli strikes.
- Raed al-Dahshan, head of Gaza's Civil Defense, estimates 8,000 bodies remain buried under rubble, while Omar Nofal, head of the government committee for missing persons, reported 6,000 officially registered as missing.
- With proper equipment, recovery would take 90 days, yet Gaza Civil Defense currently lacks access to the IDF-occupied side of Gaza, which accounts for at least 60% of the territory.
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Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for 100 Palestinians, Including 62 Children, Whose Bodies Were Recovered From the Rubble
A mass funeral was held in Gaza City on Sunday for about 100 Palestinians whose bodies were recently recovered from the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, a painstaking process as the US and Israel continue to block construction equipment from entering the Palestinian territory. Hundreds of Palestinians…
Gaza has been in a state of permanent mourning since Israel launched the revenge operation following the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. The Gaza Strip has lived a new mass funeral to fire 100 people, most of them children, and thousands of bodies remain in the rubble. After weeks of work, the rescue teams managed to recover the remains of the victims under the ruins of buildings in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City. Thousands of people to…
Palestinians hold mass funeral for 100 bodies recovered from Gaza rubble
Thousands attended a funeral in Gaza City for 100 Palestinians whose bodies and remains were recovered from beneath destroyed homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood.
Today, on Sunday, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip constructed 100 dead bodies that were recovered from the rubble left by Israeli shelling during the first months of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Gaza buries the remains of 100 Palestinians, including 62 children
Gaza buries the remains of 100 Palestinians, including 62 children Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 09/06/2026 - 14:06 The victims recovered from the rubble include 55 members of the Malaka family Mourners gather for a mass burial of around 100 Palestinians, including 62 children, whose remains were recovered from rubble, in Gaza City, on 6 September 2026 (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP) Off Palestinians on Sunday held a mass funeral for 100 people, includi…
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