Gaza has run out of graves – and is having to ask the world for help to bury its dead children

In a scene that transcends the limits of humanitarian disaster, Gaza has issued a heartbreaking appeal, not for medicine or food, but for the world to provide it with enough graves to bury its martyrs who fall every day under the Israeli bombardment that has been ongoing for nearly two years.

“No more graves in Gaza”

“There are no more graves in Gaza,” the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said in its latest statement, confirming that the cemeteries are full, the land is running out, and there is no place left to bury the bodies that are piling up in hospitals, on the streets, and in the arms of mothers.
The Israeli aggression that began in October 2023 has left nothing but destruction in its wake: people, trees, stones, and even cemeteries. More than 40 cemeteries have been completely or partially destroyed, while the occupation forces prevent access to other cemeteries located within what they call “security zones,” leaving almost no burial options and forcing residents to resort to schoolyards, homes, and even the outskirts of camps to bury their loved ones.

Gaza: dignity violated even in death

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