Palestinians say the devastating war between Israel and Hamas is robbing them not only of their loved ones but also of the funeral rites that long have offered mourners some dignity and closure in the midst of grief.

Palestinians say this war is robbing them not only of their loved ones but also of the funeral rites that long have offered mourners some dignity and closure in the midst of unbearable grief. Israeli strikes have killed so many people so quickly that they’ve overwhelmed hospitals and morgues, making the normal rituals of death all but impossible.

Overflowing morgues have compelled hospitals to bury people before their relatives can claim them. Gravediggers have laid dozens of unidentified bodies side by side in two large backhoe-dug furrows in Gaza City now holding 63 and 46 bodies, respectively, said Mohammed Abu Selmia, the general director of Shifa Hospital.

    • Zippit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Israel Times has a blog/article about Act 2 of the war and one point was urging people to go online on every social media platform and basically suppress Palestinians and their supporters.

      You can add tags to their handle. Helps me identify them and when I have the mental strength, fight them on their disinformation campaign. Or just block them.