Palestinians hold mass funeral for 112 bodies finally recovered from a 2023 Gaza strike
Palestinians in Gaza held a mass funeral for 112 victims whose remains were recovered from the rubble of a 2023 Israeli airstrike. The recovery efforts continue as a fragile ceasefire allows rescue teams to search previously inaccessible areas.
Why it matters
The recovery of these remains highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the long-term impact of the conflict on civilian casualties in Gaza.
Palestinians gathered on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) for a mass funeral of more than 100 bodies finally recovered from a deadly Israeli strike in Gaza in 2023. More than 300 people were killed on November 22, 2023, weeks into the war with Hamas, when warplanes flattened a residential block in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood.
Around 40 bodies were recovered soon afterward in a frantic scramble of rough tools and bare hands, but most were buried deep beneath the rubble. Reports of the high number of victims in one of the war's deadliest attacks took days to reach the public in the chaos just before its first ceasefire.
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