Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike

Remains of 112 victims, including 40 children, recovered from rubble more than two years after residential block was destroyed Mourners gathered in central Gaza on Tuesday for a mass funeral for 112 people, including 40 children, who were killed in 2023 in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war. Their bodies could not be recovered until now because of Israel’s continuing strikes, which have slowed, tho…

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Mass funeral in Gaza for 112 Palestinians killed in 2023 Israeli strike

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The bodies - belonging to members of two extended families - have only recently been recovered from under rubble in Gaza City.

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Guardian Published 4 August 2026

Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike

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Mass funeral in Gaza for 112 Palestinians killed in 2023 Israeli strike

The bodies - belonging to members of two extended families - have only recently been recovered from under rubble in Gaza City.

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