The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
Source: Guardian
"Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the job
It has been described as one of the most gruelling recovery efforts in modern warfare.
... Identifying the bodies is not just a question of restoring dignity to the dead; it is also necessary for the health of the living. Psychologists described the unresolved grief of relatives of the unidentified dead as an ambiguous loss which can generate or contribute to depression, trauma and identity confusion, a situational disorder widespread in Gaza.
The few remaining hospitals in the territory lack the equipment for DNA testing, which is desperately needed to help identify thousands of missing or deceased peope. Israel does not allow DNA testing materials to enter Gaza..."
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/02/the-grim-task-of-recovering-thousands-of-bodies-from-the-rubble-of-gaza
Bayard
(27,794 posts)Can't these people even bury their dead in peace?
Skittles
(168,652 posts)it's just all so fucking disgusting
"The Holy Land"
AloeVera
(3,925 posts)It's the indignity, trauma and cruelty inflicted - on purpose and with malice. Just because Israel can. It's disgusting.
The hatred? Go back to the root cause, never addressed, made worse over 77 years and now amplified a thousand fold. It is not " thousands of years old" as some want you to believe, much more recent than that.
Gaza continues to have their land stolen.
AloeVera
(3,925 posts)Palestinians are now squeezed into maybe 5% of the lands that were once all theirs. The rest stolen, confiscated, settled or made into Israel's "state lands".
And people ask why the hate? Why October 7th? There was a ceasefire!!
It's unreal.
Skittles
(168,652 posts)that fact that it's still going on now reflects badly on both sides
FUCKING DISGUSTING
womanofthehills
(10,607 posts)Is 92% of Gaza homes are gone or destroyed according to UN and that bodies are under theses homes - that asbestos and other toxic chemicals are in the air and it will take till 2050 or later to clean up all the rubble -but the worst horror is thinking of little children and babies under the rubble who didnt die instantly and may have suffered for days - injured and in pain trapped without food and water. How many thousands of kids died this way?
Skittles
(168,652 posts)this shit will NEVER END
over and OUT
questionseverything
(11,484 posts)cliffside
(1,520 posts)the same thing is happening with the bodies Israel is returning.
AloeVera
(3,925 posts)DNA testing, dignified burial by family, respect for each of the dead and worldwide sympathy, healing and therapy for the bereaved - all for me, me, MEEE but not for thee.
cliffside
(1,520 posts)cliffside
(1,520 posts)https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/10/28/gazan-families-face-painful-process-of-identifying-palestinian-bodies-returned-by-israel_6746868_4.html#
"Lacking access to advanced forensic technology, medical examiners have to rely on the vigilance of the families of the missing to identify their loved ones, as Israel returned the bodies without any information about their identities.
Palestinians watch a screen displaying the examination of the bodies of prisoners returned by Israel, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, October 21, 2025. JEHAD ALSHRAFI / AP
It is 2 pm in the waiting room of the orange-colored building at Nasser Hospital. A grim screening is coming to an end. Since 9 am, dozens of families from Gaza have sat on rows of plastic chairs, solemn and focused, watching a screen that shows photographs of decomposing, unrecognizable, sometimes dismembered, blinded, toothless bodies frozen in grotesque postures. These are the corpses of Palestinian detainees returned by Israel in exchange for Israeli hostages, as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas signed on October 10. In total, 400 bodies are expected to be returned..."
AloeVera
(3,925 posts)Wtf?? These are people who were killed in Israeli "jails" in reality torture camps? What was done to them?
These poor families.
May all responsible get exactly what they deserve.
cliffside
(1,520 posts)I sure hope some are held to account. I have my doubts
FakeNoose
(39,493 posts)It's not like they are American GIs wearing metal dogtags. I'll best most Gazans don't have passports or any kind of ID card.
cliffside
(1,520 posts)AloeVera
(3,925 posts)"The whole world has seen the equipment that was brought in to retrieve the bodies of Israeli hostages [including bulldozers and excavators], said Dr Mohammed al-Mughir, the director of humanitarian support and international cooperation at the civil defence. We also need the same equipment to retrieve our bodies.
Oh, there's lots of bulldozers and excavators in Gaza, supplied by Israel. Busy for months tearing down what remains of Gaza and every single home that was still standing. Israel can't spare even one of them to help recover Palestinian bodies.
The world sees the double standard and cruelty. We will not forget.