Burial of Remains of 70 Palestinian Martyrs Rescued from Rubble of Destroyed Homes in Northern Gaza Strip

Gaza --- Hundreds of Palestinians today Sunday mourned the remains of 70 martyrs retrieved by Palestinian Civil Defense teams from beneath the rubble of destroyed homes in the Beit Lahiya area and Jabalia camp in northern Gaza Strip, after they were killed in intense Israeli air raids on residential neighborhoods in those areas during the early months of the war on Gaza. The Civil Defense said in a statement that its teams managed to recover 70 bodies out of approximately 160 that were missing under the rubble of targeted homes in the Beit Lahiya project and western Jabalia, noting that the recovery operations took about 231 hours of work. It added that the search and recovery efforts were carried out using bulldozers, excavators, and two transport trucks, as part of an extension of a second project funded by the International Committee of the Red Cross and implemented by the Civil Defense in the Central and Gaza governorates. A large crowd of Palestinians participated in the funeral ceremonies held after the bodies were recovered from beneath the rubble of 20 residential homes destroyed by Israeli air raids, while the remains of approximately 90 other martyrs remain missing under the rubble, and the Civil Defense continues its efforts to locate and recover them. (End) I.P./N.S.A.