‘I wanted to hug whatever remained’: Gaza families’ 3-year wait for funeral
Summary
Thousands of people in Gaza City held a mass funeral for 112 family members whose bodies were found under rubble almost three years after an Israeli air strike. The attack, which happened in 2023, killed many Palestinians and left families waiting for years to recover their loved ones’ remains.Key Facts
- The funeral took place in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood.
- The recovered bodies belonged mainly to the Abu Shreia and al-Hassaina families.
- 112 bodies were found out of 153 people who had been missing after the 2023 air strike.
- Lara Abu Shreia lost 14 family members, including her mother and eight siblings, in the strike.
- Gaza’s Civil Defence estimates over 8,000 bodies remain under rubble in the region.
- The mass funeral is described as the largest ever held in Gaza for such a tragedy.
- Recovery teams worked for months to find and retrieve the remains.
- The 2023 conflict has caused more than 73,370 Palestinian deaths overall.
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