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Gaza teams recover remains of 55 people nearly 3 years after Israeli strike

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Rescue teams in Gaza City have recovered the remains of 55 Palestinians from beneath the rubble of a residential building destroyed by an Israeli air strike nearly three years ago. The recovery operation was carried out manually due to a shortage of heavy machinery, and it is estimated that between 10,000 and 14,000 people remain missing under rubble across Gaza. A joint funeral procession for the recovered remains is expected to take place next weekend. The operation comes amid controversy over Israeli proposals to force Palestinians to leave Gaza, which US ambassador Mike Huckabee has denied as "categorically untrue".

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Story summary

A series of news articles have reported on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes and rubble-clearing operations are erasing evidence of war crimes. In 2023, Israel launched a genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, which has resulted in at least 73,651 Palestinian deaths and 174,592 injuries since October 2023.

In recent weeks, mass recovery operations have retrieved over 100 bodies from the Abu Shariah and Hassaniya families killed in a single strike, and more than 500 from the al-Taj Tower site. The victims' remains were carried by family members to be buried in known cemeteries, a process that has been delayed due to a shortage of heavy machinery.

The Israeli government's actions have been criticized by Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, who warned that large-scale rubble removal in Gaza under Israeli control risks erasing traces of atrocity crimes and preventing the recovery and identification of human remains. The Italian-born independent expert has faced harsh criticism from Israel and its allies over her long-standing accusations that Israel is committing genocide and other war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.

Meanwhile, former IDF reserve colonel Nochi Mendel has made inflammatory comments about the killings of aid workers, including Zomi Frankcom and six colleagues who were killed in 2024 while bringing food to Gaza. The Greens have criticized the Albanese government for its failure to halt military exports and impose new sanctions on Israel.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of Israel's far-right Jewish Power party, has also made headlines with his recent comments, including a video showing Palestinian prisoners being loaded onto a conveyor belt and taken to detention camps. The caption "we promised – we delivered!" suggests that Ben-Gvir is proud of worsening conditions for Palestinian prisoners.

The crisis in Gaza continues to be met with silence from the international community.

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‘No plan’ to displace people from Gaza The recovery operation took place after United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said there was no plan to force Palestinians to leave Gaza after two Israeli ministers earlier in the week floated proposals for the mass removal of people from the besieged territory.

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Gaza teams recover remains of 55 people nearly 3 years after Israeli strike · mixed framing

Claims (21 extracted, 5 hedged)

The remains of 55 Palestinians have been recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Gaza City destroyed in an Israeli air strike nearly three years ago, according to Gaza’s civil defence. uncertain

remains → recover → defence

The recovery operation, which concluded on Saturday, marks the latest in a slow, largely manual campaign to retrieve the dead from beneath Gaza’s ruins. asserted

which → conclude → ruins

Such efforts are hampered by a chronic shortage of the heavy machinery needed to clear broken concrete. asserted

efforts → hamper → concrete

- list 2 of 3Israel’s siege on Gaza is forcing dentists to operate in the streets - list 3 of 3Israel kills 3 in Gaza as far-right minister plans for Palestinian removals Rescue teams said the remains were found beneath the rubble of the Malka family home, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported. asserted

agency → force → home

Colonel Muhammad Abu Dan, who has been supervising the rescue teams, said they had been searching for more than 60 bodies of victims from the Malka family over the past 72 hours. asserted

they → supervise → hours

Situated in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, Israeli forces struck the building on November 19, 2023, as the family members sought shelter inside after being displaced from their own homes over the course of Israel’s genocidal war, said Wafa. asserted

Wafa → situate → war

According to the United Nations Satellite Centre, 82 percent of all buildings in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged during the war. uncertain

percent → accord → war

Gaza’s Ministry of Health, along with UN agencies and aid organisations, estimate that between 10,000 and 14,000 people remain missing under rubble across the territory. asserted

people → estimate → territory

Abu Dan has called on international humanitarian organisations to provide as much equipment as possible so that his teams can recover the largest number of people possible from the rubble, as reported by Gaza’s Government Media Office. asserted

teams → call → Office

As most of the bodies have been recovered, a joint funeral procession is expected to take place next weekend. asserted

procession → recover → place

ministers → displace → territory

“I can tell you categorically there is no plan of the Israelis to displace people out of Gaza against their will,” Huckabee told reporters in Turmus Ayya, a town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. asserted

Huckabee → tell → Bank

“Nobody is suggesting that there will be forced displacement. asserted

Nobody → suggest → ?

I know of no one who supports that.” asserted

who → know → that

Earlier this week, Defence Minister Israel Katz said there was “no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration”, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir outlined a seven-year plan for expelling Gaza’s population through what he described as “voluntary emigration”. asserted

he → say → emigration

Meanwhile, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said hospitals in the strip received 17 bodies over the past 48 hours as well as 27 injured people, according to figures compiled from admissions. uncertain

hospitals → say → admissions

The latest casualties included five new fatalities, one person who died from previous wounds and 11 bodies recovered from beneath debris. asserted

who → include → debris

Additional victims remain trapped under rubble or lying in the streets, with ambulance and civil defence teams still unable to reach them, it added. asserted

it → remain → them

At least three Palestinians were injured in Israeli attacks on Saturday, two in an Israeli attack on a beach in the al-Khalidi area, north of Gaza City, and one in a targeted attack on the al-Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza City. asserted

Palestinians → injure → City

Since the “ceasefire” took hold last October, at least 1,344 people have been killed and 4,464 injured while at least 815 bodies have been recovered from the rubble, according to the Health Ministry. uncertain

bodies → take → Ministry

The overall death toll since October 2023 has risen to 73,470, with at least 174,540 injured, according to the latest available figures. uncertain

toll → rise → figures