Israel Wiped Out 2,700 Families in Gaza Entirely Since October 2023

"An analysis of Gaza's civil registry by Al Jazeera detailed Monday how thousands of US-backed Israeli military's attacks on the exclave become stories not only of individual casualties but of "lineage, heritage, and identity disappearing in an instant" - with 2,700 families entirely wiped out since October 2023. In 6,000 families, Hani Mahmoud reported from Gaza City, just "a single sole survivor" has been left behind. Mahmoud reported on an attack that killed a recent high school graduate, whose family had lived in Khan Younis for generations, as well as his father, sister, and 22 members of his extended family."

""Sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins - so many branches gone," said Mahmoud. Ismail Al-Thwabta of the Gaza Government Media Office told Al Jazeera that the erasure of more than 2,700 families accounts for more than 8,000 deaths. More than 71,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel began attacking the exclave in 2023 in retaliation for a Hamas-led attack, and hundreds have been killed since this past October when a "ceasefire" agreement was reached."

An analysis of Gaza's civil registry shows massive family losses and cultural erasure across the territory. Civilian fatalities exceed 71,000 since 2023, with 2,700 families reported entirely wiped out and those erasures accounting for more than 8,000 deaths. Approximately 6,000 families remain with a single surviving member. Attacks have killed multiple generations within single households, including incidents that eliminated entire extended families. Forensic and civil defense teams are recovering bodies from temporary burial sites and preparing reburials in formal cemeteries. Reports indicate tens of thousands of families were targeted, averaging more than four deaths per affected family, and concerns exist about post-conflict land and reconstruction plans.

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