Search continues for remains of Palestinians in Gaza rubble
People across the enclave are searching for the bodies of their loved ones, buried under the rubble of destroyed homes.
Israel’s 15-month war has left much of the Strip unrecognisable with an estimated 10,000 people still missing and presumed dead.
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Amid towering piles of rubble and destruction, mother of five Faten Abu Haloub, her family and in-laws have set up adjacent tents on the ruins of what used to be their extended family home.
Her husband Karam’s parents – 60-year-old Dalal and 65-year-old Nasser – have eight children: three sons and five daughters, of whom two still live at home.
Home is now the little tent next to Karam and Faten’s with a firepit in front and makeshift “zones”. There’s the kitchen – no more than a few wooden planks to rest cooking utensils and their meagre food supplies on – near the fire.
Off to the side is the toilet, a stone-lined hole dug in the sand that serves as a latrine with more stones marking out a tiny bathing area, the whole section shielded by blankets draped over sticks stuck upright in the ground.
Despair in Gaza amid uncertainty over ceasefire deal
Palestinians are in a state of despair and frustration since yesterday, given the statements by the Israeli prime minister suggesting the war may soon resume.
There is a week left in phase one of the ceasefire and it has been characterised by uncertainty and violations on the part of the Israeli military, including the killing of people who were trying to move past buffer zones to reach their homes.
Palestinians in Gaza were also hoping more aid would come in, but it has been very little. Only 15 mobile homes have been allowed in so far and they were reserved for mobile clinics operated by humanitarian organisations.
Families who waited at the Gaza European Hospital for their loved ones were also left feeling frustrated on Saturday, when Israel postponed the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners despite Hamas setting free six Israeli captives.
A Palestinian boy stands near rubbish and stagnant water at a camp for displaced people in Nuseirat
