Gaza family buries 112 recovered from war rubble after Israeli strike
In early July, Gaza’s Government Media Office said that more than 2,700 families have been erased from the civil registry after all their members were killed by Israeli military action.
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City on Tuesday to bury 112 members of an extended family whose bodies were recovered from beneath the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli bombardments during the war in Gaza.
The victims, members of the extended al-Hassaina family, also known as the Abu Sharia family, were buried in a mass funeral procession in the al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. Photos from the funeral show bodies draped in Palestinian flags and placed among the ruins of destroyed homes before being transported to the Sheikh Shaaban Cemetery in central Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinians have taken part in a mass funeral in Gaza City for 112 members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, whose remains were recently recovered from beneath the rubble nearly three years after an Israeli air attack.
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Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted a family elder, Ali Abu Sharia, as saying that the 112 dead included 44 children, 37 women, 23 elderly people and seven people with disabilities.
Another family representative, Jadou Abu Sharia, called the procession the largest funeral in contemporary Palestinian history, according to Wafa.
The bodies were recovered by Gaza’s Civil Defense agency on Saturday, when crews retrieved the remains from beneath the rubble of homes in the al-Sabra neighborhood.
The agency said Saturday that its crews had completed a nearly two-week search operation at a residential block in the neighborhood, which included homes belonging to the extended al-Hassaina family. According to the agency, the area was struck on Nov. 23, 2023.
The Civil Defense agency provided a separate breakdown of the victims, saying they included 40 children, 38 women and seven people with disabilities.
As of May, around 8,000 bodies were believed to remain under debris and rubble throughout Gaza, according to the strip’s health ministry.
The deaths of the al-Hassaina family members are among many instances of families being decimated by Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
In early July, Gaza’s Government Media Office Director Ismail Al-Thawabta said that more than 2,700 families have been erased from the civil registry after all their members were killed by Israeli military action.
According to the Government Media Office, 6,020 families in Gaza were left with only a single surviving member following military attacks during the conflict.
Nearly 74,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza since October 2023. Despite a ceasefire in October 2025, Israeli strikes have continued, killing more than 1,100 Palestinians.
At least 19 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza between Sunday and Monday, according to Gaza health authorities.
