M057-GAZA ENTIERRO 112 MIEMBROS MISMA FAMILIA

Palestinians in Gaza City buried on Tuesday (August 4) the remains of 112 members of the same extended family, nearly three years after they were killed in Israeli strikes.

The mostly decomposed bodies were wrapped in Palestinian flags and laid on the ground in an open field where houses once stood in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood. Some bore photographs of the dead attached to the flags.

Gaza's Civil Defence spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, said it took 17 days with minimal equipment to recover the remains of the 112 members of the Abu Sharia and Al-Hassayna families, killed in Israeli strikes on November 22, 2023.

Basal said victims had been identified through gold necklaces with their names, implants from previous surgeries and clothing recognised by relatives. More than 8,000 bodies remained under the rubble across Gaza, he added.

A relative of the victims, Taysir Al-Hassayna, said the day had brought sorrow back to the family.

"Stop this war. Stop these massacres against these poor people. The people of Gaza are a people who love life, who love peace and want to live in peace like all other peoples of the world," he said during the funeral procession.

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Gazans bury 112 from same family after remains recovered from war rubble

VIDEO SHOWS: BODY REMAINS DRAPED IN PALESTINIAN FLAGS LYING ON THE GROUND FOR MASS FUNERAL OF 112 MEMBERS OF THE SAME EXTENDED FAMILY, WHOSE REMAINS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE RUINS AFTER BEING KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES ON NOVEMBER 22, 2023 / SOUNDBITES FROM GAZA'S CIVIL DEFENCE SPOKESPERSON AND A RELATIVE OF THE VICTIMS

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1. BODY REMAINS WRAPPED IN PALESTINIAN FLAGS LYING ON THE GROUND IN OPEN AREA OF SABRA NEIGHBOURHOOD DURING FUNERAL FOR 112 GAZANS FROM THE SAME EXTENDED FAMILY

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2. BODY REMAINS WRAPPED IN PALESTINIAN FLAGS LYING ON GROUND, PHOTOGRAPHS OF VICTIMS PLACED ON TOP

3. BODY REMAINS WRAPPED IN PALESTINIAN FLAGS LYING ON GROUND, PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND

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4. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZA'S CIVIL DEFENCE SPOKESPERSON, MAHMOUD BASAL, SAYING:

"Today we are holding a funeral procession for more than 100 martyrs from the family of Abu Sharia and Al-Hassyna in a scene that truly has not been written in history, and in the history of the Palestinian cause. We are talking about these bodies that decomposed and were extracted by Civil Defense crews in truly difficult scenes and very heartbreaking scenes. But at the end of the day, we are talking about more than 8,000 bodies that are still under the rubble until this moment. We are talking about a great struggle by the Civil Defense crews, where there are no capacities, there are no tools. The crews worked with the minimum capacities and tools in order to recover these bodies.”

5. MAN BENDING OVER COFFIN WITH PORTRAIT OF VICTIM PLACED ON TOP

6. PEOPLE CARRYING COFFIN / BODY REMAINS WRAPPED IN PALESTINIAN FLAG LYING ON GROUND

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7. MOURNERS GATHERING AROUND BODY REMAINS ON GROUND SURROUNDED BY DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND RUBBLE

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZA'S CIVIL DEFENCE SPOKESPERSON, MAHMOUD BASAL, SAYING:

“For 17 days the civil defence crews were working on retrieving the victims. How were they identified? We are talking about... perhaps some characteristics are present on the bodies, through the family's recognition or the family's identification. Some of them were wearing gold necklaces bearing their names. Some of them had previous surgical operations and there was platinum inside their body, they were identified. Some of them were identified from the clothes that were seen during the retrieval operations.”

9. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CARRYING BODY REMAINS AND MOVING

10. PEOPLE CARRYING BODY REMAINS AND MOVING

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11. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF THE VICTIMS, TAYSIR AL-HASSAYNA, SAYING:

"This day is mixed with grief, and it has reopened our wounds three years after this massacre. It has brought sorrow back to our children, women and sons. But our consolation is that we believe they are martyrs with God."

12. BODY REMAINS ON THE GROUND

13. MOURNERS GATHERING

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF THE VICTIMS, TAYSIR AL-HASSAYNA, SAYING:

15. PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET, CARRYING COFFINS AND BODY REMAINS TO BE BURIED

16. CROWD MOVING THROUGH CEMETERY

17. VARIOUS OF BODY REMAINS BEING BURIED

18. WIDE VIEW OF CROWD AT CEMETERY FOR BURIAL OF BODY REMAINS, BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND

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