Mass funeral in Gaza for 112 Palestinians killed in 2023 Israeli strike

"This multi-storey building has been levelled. There were maybe more than 180 civilians inside. Most of them, around 90%, were killed," Civil Defence spokesman Mohammed Basel said at the time."On that day [of the strikes], the Civil Defence crews couldn't get to the site because it needed co-ordination [with Israel via a third party such as the ICRC] and there was great danger in reaching the area."Relatives of the dead were at the scene to guide the recovery crews during the recovery work. They said they had retrieved as many bodies as they could immediately after the attack and were relieved to be able to give others a proper burial."It's a devastating and sad feeling that resonates with everyone who was here," said Nahed al-Hassayna, as he showed the BBC the rubble of his family's living room."The kids – what did they do?" he asked, holding up the possessions of two of his young relatives. "This was a school backpack for Omar, and this was Ibrahim's shoe. Why? Why were they killed?""I'm the sole survivor of my family," said Yousef Abu Sharia, standing nearby. "Today, I'm talking to you [as] the one who lost my mother, my father, my uncle and my cousins and all my family. I lost them under this rubble."It is believed that dozens more bodies are yet to be recovered at the site.Across the Gaza Strip, thousands more people are unaccounted for. The remains of many are thought to be under the rubble left by intense Israeli air strikes during the war.