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Thousands in Gaza are missing 2 years into the war. Tormented families search for clues
At least 13,600 people remain unaccounted for in Gaza due to bombings and detentions, with families struggling amid limited DNA testing and restricted information access.
- On Feb. 22, 2025, thousands in Gaza are still searching for relatives missing nearly two years into the war, with Mohammad and Tahani al-Najjar seeking their son Ahmad at Muwasi camp.
- Rights groups say Israel is ` 'disappearing' ` hundreds and restricts DNA-testing supplies, hampering identification efforts amid 6,000 reported buried under rubble in Gaza.
- Mohammad al-Najjar fled southern Gaza with six children and later found his son Ahmad, 23, missing; he said, `It is as if the earth has swallowed him`.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross lists at least 7,000 unresolved missing cases, while Gaza Health Ministry reports some 6,000 others missing, leaving many fates unknown.
- Calls for state responsibility come amid relatives pledging to keep searching, with Kathryne Bomberger urging Israel as occupying power to find missing persons and Fadwa al-Ghalban vowing to resume digging if there is a new ceasefire.
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2 years into war, families in Gaza tormented over missing kin
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City — When Israeli bombs began falling, Mohammad al-Najjar, his wife and six children fled from their house in southern Gaza in the dead of night, dispersing in terror alongside hundreds of others from their neighborhood.
·Omaha, United States
Read Full Article'As if earth swallowed him': With war in its third year, Gazans scramble for clues to find 6,000 missing people
As Israel marks two years since the October 7, 2023 attack, thousands of families in Gaza continue searching for missing relatives amid the devastation of the conflict
·Mumbai, India
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