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21-01-2025
GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: The grisly search for an estimated 10,000 bodies buried under the concrete wasteland in Gaza is now under way, the civil defence agency says, with at least 62 of the dead recovered after the ceasefire halted fighting.
Celebrations in the occupied West Bank as 90 Palestinian prisoners are freed from Israeli jails as part of a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
Palestinians in Gaza are returning to their ruined homes and awaiting the delivery of much-needed food and medical assistance after Israeli forces finally ended their 15-month-long bombardment of the besieged territory.
An estimated 600 desperately needed aid trucks will enter Gaza each day as part of the first phase of the ceasefire.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 47,035 Palestinians and wounded 111,091 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.
Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan lies in ruins after Israeli forces withdraw
Palestinian activists are now able to take some aerial footage of more neighborhoods across the Gaza Strip that have been destroyed by the Israeli military.
The video below, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad, shows how most buildings are razed in the Tal as-Sultan neighborhood.
It is located northwest of Rafah city in the southern part of the enclave, and is the site of repeated Israeli ground assaults and air strikes. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Tal as-Sultan.
‘War of extermination’: Returning residents dismayed by destruction
Displaced Gaza resident Mohamed Gomaa lost his brother and nephew in Israel’s 15-month war. He expressed dismay over the level of destruction.
“It was a big shock and the amount [of people] feeling shocked is countless because of what happened to their homes. It’s destruction, total destruction. It’s not like an earthquake or a flood, no no, what happened is a war of extermination,” said Gomaa.
More than 47,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 111,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.
Earlier, we reported that 47 bodies have been found in the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, and transferred to the European Gaza Hospital.
Medical sources now tell Al Jazeera that the corpses of 97 Palestinians have now been recovered from various areas in the destroyed city since the ceasefire took effect on Sunday.
The Palestinian Civil Defence agency said the search for an estimated 10,000 bodies buried in rubble since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza continues on the second day of the truce.
Residents and medics in Gaza say for the most part the ceasefire appears to be holding although there have been isolated violent incidents.
First responders said eight people had been hit by Israeli fire since Monday morning in the southern city of Rafah, without giving details of their condition. The Israeli military said it’s checking the reports.
47,035 Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza
At least 47,035 Palestinians have been killed and 111,091 injured in Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in the past 24 hours 60 people were killed and another 62 bodies were recovered. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
