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Rubble Funerals
Palestinians in Gaza held funeral prayers on Tuesday for 112 people recovered from under the rubble of homes destroyed during Israeli war on the besieged enclave, with thousands gathering in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood.
“Palestinians in Gaza held funeral prayers on Tuesday for 112 people”
The victims were buried at the Baptist Cemetery in the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, after a funeral procession, and the bodies were retrieved from the rubble by civil defense teams on Saturday.
The Civil Defense said in a statement that “The victims included 40 children, 38 women and seven people with disabilities,” and Civil Defense official Mohammad Abu Dan said the teams were unable to find 157 bodies still missing under the rubble.
Al-Manar TV Lebanon also said the 112 victims were members of the Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia families, who were martyred when the Israeli army bombed their homes while they were inside on Nov. 23, 2023.
Detention and Neglect
In Israel, Haaretz reported that Dr. Mazen Rantisi, 71, a Ramallah doctor held for more than a month in Ofer Prison, described violence by guards, severe overcrowding, squalid hygiene conditions and food unfit to eat.
Haaretz also reported that the Prison Service responded: “The claims are untrue,” as it addressed Rantisi’s allegations from an incarceration facility for security detainees.
Separately, UN News said the UN chief António Guterres declared “the fighting must stop,” while reporting that in Gaza Israel had killed 1,180 Palestinians and injured 3,3 10 others between the October 2025 ceasefire and 22 July 2026.
UN News added that this week continued airstrikes and gunfire, restricted aid entry and further advances of the “yellow line” of control were reported by UNRWA as hostilities escalated in the humanitarian area known as the “green zone.”
Ceasefire at Risk
As the ceasefire framework remained contested, Middle East Monitor reported that Türkiye, Egypt and Qatar condemned recent Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip that killed civilians, including women and children, and warned that escalation threatens ongoing efforts to implement the ceasefire.
““The mediating countries stress the imperative for Israel to fully comply with all its obligations under the ceasefire agreement”
In a joint statement, the mediating countries said “The mediating countries stress the imperative for Israel to fully comply with all its obligations under the ceasefire agreement,” and they urged the international community and the Board of Peace to take steps to ensure compliance.
Meanwhile, Middle East Monitor cited Gaza’s Health Ministry saying 152 people were killed in the enclave during July, the highest monthly death toll recorded since the beginning of this year, and it said the ministry reported 152 fatalities across various governorates.
Middle East Monitor also said that despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, Israel continued to violate the truce, killing 1,222 people and injuring 4,053 others, and it put the overall death toll since October 2023 at 73,349 with 174,162 injured.