Mass funeral held in Gaza and other developments from across the Mideast
Rescue teams are still searching for bodies as Palestinian media reports 308 victims and missing persons at the site.
- On Tuesday, Palestinians in Gaza City buried 112 members of the Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna families, whose remains were recovered from rubble last month after Israeli airstrikes killed them in November 2023.
- The strike on the Sabra neighborhood flattened an entire residential block where hundreds of Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna family members had sheltered, believing the house would be spared.
- Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said, "We worked for 17 days to recover the bodies," identifying 44 children, 37 women, and more than 10 people with disabilities among the victims.
- Amer Abu Sharia, who lost relatives in the attack, told Middle East Eye, "There is a feeling of both pain and joy," adding the sorrow returned as if the massacre happened today.
- Omar Nofal, head of Gaza's government committee for missing persons, estimates 15,000 people remain missing, with thousands likely buried beneath collapsed buildings as families continue to plead for recovery.
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The bodies of members of the Hasayna and Abu Sharia families, killed in an Israeli attack in 2023 and recently recovered from rubble Photo AP/Jehad Alshrafi Palestinians gathered on Tuesday for a collective funeral of more than 100 bodies recovered after an Israeli attack in Gaza in 2023. More than 300 people died on November 22, 2023, a few weeks after the start of the war with the Hamas terrorist group, when warplanes destroyed a residential b…
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Palestinians hold mass funeral for 112 bodies finally recovered from a 2023 Gaza strike
First responders dug through the destroyed buildings and recovered remains of 112 victims, including 40 children, according to the Civil Defense, a rescue agency operating under the Hamas-run Interior Ministry.
Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes
Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes Submitted by Mohammed al-Hajjar on Tue, 08/04/2026 - 12:44 Remains recovered from beneath the rubble renew grief for families still searching for thousands missing in Gaza The bodies of 112 Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike in 2023 were laid to rest in Gaza City on 4 August 2026 (Mohammed al-Hajjar/MEE) Off Palestinians on Tuesday buried 112 members …
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