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Funeral in Gaza City for 112 Family Members

Funeral in Gaza City for 112 Family Members

Funeral in Gaza City for 112 Family Members
Over 100 orange stretchers with Palestinian flags were in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike.
Some flags were small for children. Photos and flowers were on the stretchers. It took three years to find the remains.
The remains are from 112 family members killed in an airstrike on November 23, 2023.
Gaza burials happen 3 years after the deaths.
Many people gathered to pray for the dead at the Baptist cemetery.
Families looked for their loved ones with Gaza's Civil Defence, but it was slow due to a lack of machinery.
Mahmoud Hasayneh says it opened old wounds for the family.
The family is crying and has a new broken heart.
Youssef Abu Sharia waited for an excavator to find human remains at the strike site.
Some heavy machinery in Gaza was damaged in Israeli strikes, slowing down the search for remains.
Abu Sharia lost many family members and has been looking for their remains for years.
He and his family split up to avoid dying together in one strike.
Abu Sharia's parents and brother were killed in the strike.
At the funeral, Abu Sharia felt relief and sadness.
Tayseer Abu Sharia says the last few years were difficult as they waited for help.
They dug through dirt and rubble with their hands.
The Civil Defence and human rights groups want Israel to allow heavy equipment into Gaza.
At least 7,400 people are still under the rubble in Gaza.
The true number is likely higher because some families were completely killed.
Mahmoud Basal urged the international community to help get machinery into Gaza.
He said the difficulties they face are very big due to a lack of resources.
Basal said this was the first time 112 people were in one funeral.
The ceremony started with a prayer over the flag-covered remains.
The crowd carried the shrouds to the cemetery and tossed flower petals.
Chants and prayers filled the air as the families buried their loved ones.
Israeli strikes killed two people in Gaza and destroyed medicine warehouses.
A Gaza hospital chief's family is shocked by his deteriorating health in detention.
Youssef Abu Sharia thought of those still missing during the burial.
He said they cannot find any trace of the missing people and do not know where they are.