"Fatima Salem waits outside anxiously, as rescue crews dig through the rubble of her family's home in Gaza City on December 15th. With bated breath, she clings to the hope that all 60 of her family members -bbrothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren - who were buried under the rubble after an Israeli airstrike targeted their building, will be rescued."
"The 60 members of the Salem family are some of an estimated 10,000 Palestinians whose bodies remain trapped under the extensive rubble across the Gaza Strip. Due to two years of active Israeli bombardment, the targeting and killing of civil defense crews, and the lack of heavy duty machinery required to excavate the tons of concrete rubble, rescue missions in Gaza have been largely stalled."
"But on December 15, the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced the start of a long recovery process of bodies that have remained under the rubble for two years. The operations are focused only on the areas in the Gaza Strip not actively being occupied by the Israeli military, which accounts for roughly half of the territory. The first rescue mission was for the Salem family in Gaza City."
Fatima Salem waited as rescue crews dug through the rubble of her Gaza City home, seeking to recover 60 relatives killed when an Israeli airstrike hit the building on December 19, 2023. The Salem family are among an estimated 10,000 Palestinians whose bodies remain trapped under extensive rubble across the Gaza Strip. Two years of Israeli bombardment, attacks on civil defense crews, and lack of heavy excavation machinery stalled recoveries. On December 15 civil defense announced the start of a prolonged recovery of bodies in areas not under active Israeli occupation, roughly half the territory. The first mission targeted the Salem family.
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