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112 Victims Recovered and Buried After Sabra Airstrike

8/5/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Civil Defence buried 112 Abu Sharia and al-Hasayna members recovered from Sabra after the November 22, 2023 Israeli airstrike.
The recovery took 17 days, 136 hours of digging and two excavators.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supplied gloves, shovels, body bags and rented the excavators used in the operation.
Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal said the funeral was one of the war’s largest ceremonies.

History

Historical Context

The 1994 Rwandan genocide, which killed about 800,000 people, prompted UNAMIR and the ICRC to develop large-scale mass-grave excavation protocols, using 12 excavators. Decades later, Israel’s 22 November 2023 airstrike in Gaza’s Sabra district left 112 civilians buried, leading Gaza Civil Defence and the ICRC to deploy two excavators for a 17-day recovery.

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Story summary

Civil Defence buried 112 Abu Sharia and al-Hasayna members recovered from Sabra after the November 22, 2023 Israeli airstrike.
The recovery took 17 days, 136 hours of digging and two excavators.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supplied gloves, shovels, body bags and rented the excavators used in the operation.
Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal said the funeral was one of the war’s largest ceremonies.

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