"Gaza's ministry of health and civil defence estimates about 10,000 people are still buried in the rubble. Some experts believe the number could be as high as 14,000. According to the health ministry, 472 bodies were recovered during the first 16 days of the ceasefire and taken to hospital morgues for identification. This number does not include the 195 bodies returned by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement."
"Rescue teams have so far had to rely on rudimentary tools shovels, pickaxes, wheelbarrows, rakes, hoes and their bare hands. Requests to Israel to allow the entry of excavators and heavy machinery so they can work more effectively have received no response. The whole world has seen the equipment that was brought in to retrieve the bodies of Israeli hostages [including bulldozers and excavators], said Dr Mohammed al-Mughir, the director of humanitarian support and international cooperation at the civil defence."
Palestinians are digging through an estimated 61 million tonnes of debris—about 20 times the combined mass of debris from conflicts since 2008—to locate people believed buried beneath. Gaza's health ministry and civil defence estimate at least 10,000 people remain under rubble, with some experts suggesting up to 14,000. Rescue teams are working with rudimentary tools—shovels, pickaxes, wheelbarrows, rakes, hoes and bare hands—while requests for excavators and heavy machinery have received no response. A total of 472 bodies were recovered during the first 16 days of the ceasefire, not counting 195 bodies returned by Israel.
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