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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou

Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike

Aerial view of people carrying flag-covered caskets through rubble-lined streets
Palestinians carry the bodies through the rubble-lined streets of Deir al-Balah for burial in a nearby cemetery. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

Mourners gathered in central Gaza on Tuesday for a mass funeral for 112 people, including 40 children, who were killed in 2023 in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war.

Their bodies could not be recovered until now because of Israel’s continuing strikes, which have slowed, though not halted, since the ceasefire in October.

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