Local authorities recover 60 bodies in ruins in the east of Gaza
After a two-week Israeli offensive in the city of Gaza, according to local authorities, approximately 60 corpses have been found. Civil defense workers, along with local residents, have dug up about 60 bodies in the Shujaiya neighborhood since the Israeli soldiers withdrew from it, said a spokesperson for the Civil Defense Authority of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. They were dug up from the rubble of the eastern Gaza neighborhood.
Shujaiya has become a "disaster area," the spokesperson added. About 85 percent of the buildings are now uninhabitable, and the entire infrastructure has been destroyed.
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that its operations in Shujaiya had been completed. During this time, eight tunnels were destroyed and "dozens of terrorists were eliminated," the army stated. Kampfanzentren and buildings booby-trapped with explosives were also destroyed.
The war in the Gaza Strip was triggered by an unprecedented attack by Hamas fighters and other militant Palestinian groups on Israel on October 7. According to Israeli reports, 1195 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip.
In response to the attack, Israel has been carrying out massive military operations in the Gaza Strip since then. According to the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled government, which cannot be independently verified, over 38,340 people have been killed as a result.
The spokesperson mentioned that Shujaiya, now a disaster area, has seen local residents and civil defense workers unearthing 60 caskets from the debris of the eastern Gaza neighborhood. Authorities in Gaza stated that these discoveries were made after the Israeli army completed its operations in the area, leading to the destruction of various structures, including eight tunnels and numerous Kampfanzentren. The Gaza War, initiated by Hamas and other militant groups, has resulted in significant casualties, as per the Hamas-controlled government's health ministry, with reports suggesting over 38,000 fatalities.
