At least 66 bodies found buried under piles of sand in northern Gaza
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37 bodies were found in the Jabalia refugee camp, while 26 were found in the Shati camp as Civil Defense operations continue to recover martyrs all across the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinians inspect their homes destroyed by Israeli attacks in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. (AP)
At least 66 martyrs were found beneath sand mounds constructed by the Israeli military in Northern Gaza during the large-scale aggression launched on the area. 37 bodies were found in the city of Jabalia, and 29 more bodies were recovered in the Shati refugee camp.
"Israeli bulldozing operations caused the burial of Palestinians under sand mounds used by the army for fortification in several areas of Gaza City and the north," the Palestinian Civil Defense's spokesperson said, adding, "Many graves have yet to be discovered, as Palestinians were forced to bury their dead in streets, squares, and public parks during the Israeli ground operation."
Despite the limited resources and harsh weather conditions, Civil Defense teams are still working to recover bodies beneath the rubble and piles of sand left behind by the Israeli Army's military operations, which left 88% of Gaza's infrastructure destroyed.
Israel's offensive on Jabalia
The Jabalia refugee camp was annihilated by the Israeli Occupation army, leaving nothing but rubble and destruction in the camp that once housed over 100,000 Palestinians, in another brutal campaign of systematic destruction of civilian lives.
"Israel" claimed that Jabalia served as the home for Hamas' Northern Command and housed an underground tunnel network, thus launching brutal airstrikes against it in the first few months of the war, before invading the camp on the ground on November 8.
Occupation forces launched a second offensive on Jablia on May 11, 2024, under the pretext that Hamas rebuilt its capabilities in the northern sector of the Strip, and three weeks later, the Israeli army retreated from Jabalia, claiming to have "dismantled Hamas,", though it continued to pound Jabalia with airstrikes throughout the war.
Most of the destruction "Israel" caused was in the third invasion of Jabalia which started on October 5, 2024, with the IOF wiping out neighborhoods as part of the "Generals' Plan", a scorched Earth policy that aims at driving the entire civilian population out of a designated area.
