In December 2023, as a result of an Israeli airstrike directed at a building in the Shuja'iyya area of Gaza City, 35 members of the Mahmoud Abu Dalf family were killed, including his wife and children. So far, only three bodies have been recovered from the rubble, despite the ongoing shelling.
Armed forces, apparently, have retreated in Gaza, but the suffering of Mahmoud Abu Dalf's family continues as they try to find the bodies of his wife and five children, buried under the ruins of their home since the first months of the war. According to him: "My children are still under the rubble. I was looking for ways to pull them out, rescuers tried to help, but the destruction is too great, and we have no means to search for the dead. It's very difficult... Technical assistance is needed."
Palestinian civilians and medical teams have managed to recover about 200...