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Gaza Civil Defense Recovers 70 Bodies From Rubble in Beit Lahia and Jabalya
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70 bodies recovered from rubble in northern Gaza. More than 8,000 people remain missing under rubble.
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Bodies recovered, missing remain
Gaza recovery teams recovered 70 bodies from beneath the rubble of bombed buildings in the northern part of the Strip over 35 days, with Civil Defense teams carrying out the work in an operation in the area of Beit Lahia and west of Jabalya. Rescue teams estimate that more than 8,000 people remain missing under the rubble, and an estimated 8,000 bodies and human remains are still buried beneath destroyed buildings across Gaza.
Families in Gaza have been burying loved ones after more than three years as recovery teams retrieve 70 bodies from beneath the rubble in 35 days, and funerals were held jointly after rescuers recovered human remains in several residential areas. Thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of 70 people recovered from beneath the rubble of buildings and homes destroyed by Israeli bombardment in the Al-Saftawi area, north of Gaza City.
Civil Defense work and limits
Civil Defense said the 70 victims were found in 20 dwellings within a residential complex in Beit Lahia and in other structures located to the west of Jabalya, and WAFA said residents and local teams recovered around 70 bodies despite limited resources and a shortage of equipment. Search and recovery efforts extended for about 231 hours of work, equivalent to nine days and fifteen hours, and the teams used an excavator, two bulldozers, and two trucks for transporting recovered remains.
WAFA said recovery operations continued across the Gaza Strip in coordination between local authorities and the International Committee of the Red Cross, while De Último Minuto said the second phase of body recovery was financed by the International Committee of the Red Cross and carried out in the central and northern governorates. الإذاعة الجزائرية reported that Agnès Callamard said Palestinian Civil Defense teams have recovered more than 800 bodies in the Gaza Strip since the October 2025 ceasefire was announced, and it said Callamard condemned Israeli occupation forces’ obstruction of efforts to count the missing and determine their locations.
Counting the missing, evidence at risk
الإذاعة الجزائرية reported that Agnès Callamard said the recovery of the remaining bodies will take at least ten more years, if not longer, and it said she linked the timeline to the cumulative impact of Zionist practices and the lack of systematic search and identification. الإذاعة الجزائرية quoted Callamard saying the occupier must do everything possible to ensure remains are found, identified, and buried with dignity, but it also said she described obstruction of forensic identification tools such as DNA testing and fingerprints.
The same source said Callamard warned that even when bodies are recovered, families often cannot identify the identities of their owners, and it said she described the risk of losing crucial evidence necessary to hold individuals responsible for atrocities accountable. Civil Defense and ambulance crews, supported by local residents, succeeded in recovering the remains of 70 martyrs despite limited resources, and rescue and Civil Defense teams in the Strip continue their difficult tasks of searching for thousands of missing persons who remain under the debris.