Palestinians in Gaza desperate to recover loved ones still buried under rubble
The bodies of thousands of Palestinians are still trapped underneath layers of rubble, with the task of retrieving them for their families becoming more challenging by the day.
Ibrahim Abu Rish, a member of Gaza’s civil defence, says the work is hindered by their “limited and decaying equipment”. “Every hour that passes, hope fades,” he told Al Jazeera.
Palestinians even ‘deprived of right to grieve properly’
Major parts of Gaza City that were socially vibrant and densely populated have turned into piles of rubble. The destruction is so deep that excavating bodies has become an impossible process. Roads are destroyed and impassable, and heavy machinery is not available, forcing people to turn to basic tools to dig up huge piles of rubble in search of the remains of their loved ones.
Two years of attacks and genocidal acts not only took homes from people but deprived them of the right to grieve properly and offer their loved ones proper burials.
A Palestinian man walks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City
