The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared in Gaza confirmed that the number of Palestinians missing during Israel’s genocidal war ranges between 8,000 and 9,000, most of whom are believed to be trapped under the rubble or in areas occupied by the Israeli army across the northern, central, and southern parts of the Strip.

The Center called on the international community to take urgent action to allow the entry of technical teams and specialized equipment into the Gaza Strip to help recover the bodies of thousands of martyrs still buried under the ruins of buildings destroyed by continuous Israeli airstrikes.

It added that local authorities in Gaza are unable to cope with the massive destruction, as tens of thousands of tons of debris left by the Israeli attacks have overwhelmed their limited capacities.