3 years later, 112 bodies found in Gaza, killed in Israeli attack

The horrors of the war in Gaza have once again come to the fore. The bodies and human remains of 112 Palestinians have been recovered from the rubble nearly three years after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. These include a large number of women and children of the same family. According to the Gaza Civil Defense, it was one of the largest mass funerals held in the region since the start of the war.

bodies of 112 people found in rubble

The attack took place in November 2023

Gaza Civil Defense, the residential compound of both families was targeted in an Israeli attack in the second month of the war on 23 November 2023. At that time, due to continuous conflict, the rescue teams could not reach the spot. The teams got a chance to reach there for the first time in mid-July, after which an operation was launched to search for the bodies in the rubble for the next two weeks.

17 days of rescue operation

recovered bodies included 44 children

Red Cross provided excavation equipment

The rescue operation used two excavators (excavators) provided for hire by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).") Pat Griffiths, a spokesman for the ICRC in Jerusalem, confirmed to AFP that the organisation had provided two of the few excavators available in Gaza for the operation

not the Israeli army's response

According to Gaza's Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, more than 73,000 Palestinians have died so far in the Israeli military operation that began after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.

At the same time, according to the report prepared by AFP based on Israeli official data, on October 7, 2023, 1,221 Israelis people were killed in a Hamas attack, while 251 people were taken hostage.