Gaza Missing Persons Committee: More than 10,000 dead are still buried under the rubble.

The National Committee for Missing Persons in the genocide against Gaza stated that more than 10,000 martyrs are still buried under the rubble.

Aladdin Al-Aklouk, speaking on behalf of the committee (non-governmental), said during a press conference in Gaza City that the sector "has turned into the largest gathering of graves in the world," pointing out that "about 10,000 Palestinians are still missing under the debris."

He explained that "these martyrs were buried under the rubble of their homes, which have turned into mass graves, without their final dignity being preserved or their bodies being retrieved."

Al-Aklouk added, "We express our shock and strong condemnation of the absence of an effective role by international organizations and humanitarian bodies, especially those concerned with the issue of missing persons, in light of the ongoing escalating humanitarian disaster."

He noted that the committee has followed "with great pain" what he described as the double standards of the international community in dealing with the bodies of Palestinian victims, compared to the attention shown by various parties in retrieving the bodies of Israeli prisoners, which reflects - according to him - "a grave injustice and clear bias against the victims of Gaza."

Al-Aklouk called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to "activate all political, legal, and logistical channels to pressure for the follow-up of the missing persons file and to care for their families' affairs."

He urged the international community to send specialized teams and heavy equipment and technologies to detect bodies under the rubble, and to conduct DNA tests to identify the victims, and not to leave them among the "missing unidentified."

He also called on the international community to "hurry up the reconstruction, starting with the removal of rubble and the retrieval of bodies."

Since October 7, 2023, Israel - with absolute American support - has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, resulting in more than 68,000 martyrs and 170,000 injured, most of whom are women and children, and thousands missing under the rubble.

Despite the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel brokered by mediators, the occupation has committed many violations and continues to impose a suffocating blockade on Gaza.