Photos: Gaza holds funeral for 100 Palestinians recovered from rubble

What the report says

Palestinians in Gaza City held a mass funeral on Sunday for 100 people whose remains were recovered from the rubble of destroyed homes in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, according to Al Jazeera’s reporting from a gallery published on 6 September 2026. The procession drew thousands of mourners, including family members, and the bodies were displayed near the ruins before being carried for burial at al-Ma'madani cemetery in central Gaza City.

The dead were identified by local authorities as members of the Rahim, Balawi, Malaka, Qanbour and Salmi families. Al Jazeera said the people had been killed when Israeli forces struck several residential homes about two and a half years earlier. The article also noted that many of the recovered dead were from the extended Malaka family, which it said lost 55 relatives.

The funeral comes amid continued efforts to recover bodies from heavily damaged parts of Gaza. Al Jazeera cited officials and activists saying that recent operations had uncovered more than 100 bodies from sites linked to the Abu Shariah and Hassaniya families, and more than 500 from the al-Taj Tower site. As broader context, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said the overall death toll since October 2023 has exceeded 73,000, underscoring the scale of loss in the territory.