Gaza Genocide05 September, 20262 min read
Palestinians Hold Funeral for 105 Killed in Israeli Attack on Gaza City
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105 bodies buried in Gaza City after remains recovered from under Taj Tower rubble. Funeral prayers held as families wrapped remains in Palestinian flags before burial.
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105 buried after Taj Tower
Palestinians held a mass funeral for 105 Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City in October 2023, with family members performing funeral prayers over remains wrapped in Palestinian flags before burial at Martyrs Cemetery in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City. Al Jazeera correspondent Ibrahim al-Khalili said the recovery operation was the fifth-largest of its kind since Israel launched its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023, in terms of the number of bodies recovered.
Civil defence operations director Abdul al-Majdalawi said it had been "impossible" to reach the bodies at the time of the attack, adding that "Bulldozers, excavators and other heavy machinery used by civil defence teams in Gaza were directly and deliberately targeted." Osama Sharaf said 37 members of his family were killed in the attack, and he described how the family recovered some members at the beginning of the war and then recovered 16 more on Wednesday, including his father, his mother and all of his siblings.
Civil Defense, equipment limits
Gaza Strip residents mourned the remains of more than 100 martyrs recovered over the past two weeks from beneath the rubble of the Taj Tower in central Gaza City, nearly three years after they were martyred by an Israeli strike on the tower in October 2023. Local sources reported that the remains included 47 children and 32 women, and Civil Defense crews recovered them over 17 days in cooperation with the Egyptian committee.
Civil Defense spokesman Ahmad Bassal said, "We have been working for months without resources, with our teams’ bare hands," and he added that the International Committee of the Red Cross provided an automated excavator only recently. Bassal also said the teams faced obstacles including "fuel shortages, removal of rubble, and a lack of vehicles that allow us to reach the martyrs’ bodies comfortably," as the funeral procession carried coffins veiled with the Palestinian flag toward Sheikh Radwan Cemetery.
Hamas urges pursuit, ICJ stakes
Hamas called for pursuing Israeli occupation leaders after the burial of 105 martyrs recovered from under the rubble of the Taj Tower in central Gaza City, and the movement urged that they not be allowed to go unpunished. Hamas said the burial brought back to the fore the tragedy of families who waited a long time to find their sons and lay them to rest, and the movement warned that preventing the entry of equipment and machinery hinders civil defense teams.
Mohammed Mahmoud Mehrran, a professor of International Public Law, said the Taj Tower massacre represents new evidence that could strengthen the case regarding violations committed in the Gaza Strip before the International Court of Justice, and he pointed to the presence of "more than 8,000 bodies" still beneath the rubble. Mehrran argued that international humanitarian law criminalizes indiscriminate attacks on residential areas and the destruction of civilian property, and he said the bodies recovered over 17 days belonged to 105 victims including 47 children and 32 women.