Mass Funeral Held for 112 Victims of Israeli Attack in Gaza

Palestinians in Gaza City held a mass funeral for 112 people, most of them women and children, who were killed in an Israeli attack on a residential block in late 2023. The bodies, belonging to members of the Abu Sharia and Hassayna families, were recently discovered during a two-week search operation beneath the rubble. Dramatic footage showed the bodies laid out neatly, each covered with a Palestinian flag and some bearing photographs of the deceased, before relatives carried them away for burial. Among the dead were 44 children, 38 women, and seven people with disabilities. They were killed when a residential block in the Sabra area of Gaza City was struck on 22 November 2023. The attack occurred six weeks after the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on 7 October, which killed 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage. Since the war began, at least 73,377 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, figures the United Nations considers reliable.