Funeral held for 75 Palestinians after remains recovered from Gaza ruins

Most of the victims were from the Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City, the Health Ministry says.

Bodies of Palestinians wrapped in shrouds and Palestinian flags are laid out during a funeral ceremony in the Daraj neighborhood in eastern Gaza City for 75 Palestinians [Khames Alrefi/Anadolu/Getty Images]

A mass funeral has been held for 75 Palestinians whose remains were found recently under the rubble of homes and buildings destroyed in the months since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, the Ministry of Health announced.

Hundreds of Palestinians attended the funeral procession before the remains were buried at the Sheikh Radwan Cemetery on Sunday morning.

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Most of the victims were from the Daraj neighbourhood in the northeastern part of Gaza City.

Al Jazeera correspondent Nour Khaled said the majority of the remains belonged to women and children “who were inside their homes when they were targeted”.

The remains consisted of some body parts and personal belongings and were wrapped in Palestinian flags before the burial, she said.

Abdullah al-Majdalawi, director of public relations and media for Gaza’s Civil Defence, told the Turkish state news agency Anadolu that the remains had been recovered over recent weeks from several destroyed homes in Daraj.

He said the buildings were bombed while residents were inside during the early months of the war and that the victims belonged to about 20 Palestinian families, including people who had been displaced to the homes.

Efforts to recover bodies from beneath the rubble continue to face severe difficulties due to a lack of equipment and heavy machinery, he added.

The Civil Defence launched the second phase of its recovery operations in July. It recovered 333 bodies and remains of 559 people during its first operation in November 2025.

The Civil Defence says it believes the remains of another 8,000 Palestinians are still trapped beneath the rubble across Gaza. There are about 200,000 damaged and destroyed buildings in Gaza, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.

At least 74,475 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched the genocidal war three years ago.

卫生部表示，大多数受害者来自加沙城的达拉杰社区。

在加沙城东部达拉杰社区举行的葬礼上，75名巴勒斯坦人的遗体被裹在裹尸布中，并覆盖着巴勒斯坦国旗。[Khames Alrefi/Anadolu/Getty Images]

卫生部宣布，近日在以色列于 2023 年 10 月对加沙发动种族灭绝战争以来数月内被摧毁的房屋和建筑物废墟下发现了 75 名巴勒斯坦人的遗骸，并将为他们举行集体葬礼。

周日上午，数百名巴勒斯坦人参加了葬礼游行，随后遗体被安葬在谢赫·拉德万公墓。

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以色列无人机袭击造成加沙地带六名巴勒斯坦人死亡，这是三起袭击事件中的第三起，尽管双方已达成“停火协议”。

大部分遇难者来自加沙城东北部的达拉杰社区。

半岛电视台记者努尔·哈立德表示，大部分遗骸属于妇女和儿童，“她们在被袭击时正在家中”。

她说，遗骸包括一些身体部位和个人物品，下葬前用巴勒斯坦国旗包裹着。

加沙民防部门公共关系和媒体主管阿卜杜拉·马吉达拉维告诉土耳其国家通讯社阿纳多卢通讯社，这些遗骸是最近几周在达拉杰几处被毁房屋中发现的。

他说，战争初期，这些建筑物遭到轰炸，当时居民都在屋内。遇难者约有 20 个巴勒斯坦家庭，其中包括一些流离失所到这些房屋的人。

他还补充说，由于缺乏设备和重型机械，从废墟下打捞尸体的工作仍然面临严重困难。

民防部门于7月启动了第二阶段的搜寻行动。在2025年11月的第一阶段行动中，民防部门共搜寻到333具遗体和559人的遗骸。

民防部门表示，他们认为另有8000名巴勒斯坦人的遗体仍被困在加沙各地的废墟下。据联合国近东巴勒斯坦难民救济和工程处（近东救济工程处）统计，加沙约有20万栋建筑物遭到破坏或损毁。

自以色列三年前发动种族灭绝战争以来，至少有 74475 名巴勒斯坦人丧生。