Gaza & Palestine
Israeli artillery shelling targets the eastern areas of Gaza City
Occupation vehicles opened heavy fire east of Gaza City
Martyrdom of a civil defense member after an Israeli airstrike targeting civilians north of Gaza City
Palestinian Center for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons: Three years since the beginning of the missing persons crisis in the Gaza Strip, and their families still do not know the fate of their children.
Palestinian Center for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons: ▪ Three years since the beginning of the missing persons crisis in the Gaza Strip, and their families still do not know the fate of their children. ▪ The number of missing persons has exceeded 7,000, including about 4,000 under the rubble and more than 2,500 forcibly disappeared. ▪ Hundreds went missing near the border on October 7, 2023, some of them minors who went to watch the events. ▪ The occupation authorities used enforced disappearance as a systematic policy and a tool of collective punishment and pressure on Palestinians. ▪ Cases of enforced disappearance continued even after the announced ceasefire on October 9, 2025. ▪ The occupation refuses to reveal the names of detainees, and returned hundreds of unidentified bodies without information about the circumstances of their death. ▪ Ongoing Israeli restrictions on the entry of heavy equipment hinder the recovery of bodies of the missing and their burial with dignity. ▪ International laws and the Geneva Conventions guarantee the inherent right of families to know the fate of their missing children. ▪ The psychological and physical effects on families are worsening sharply as information continues to be withheld and they live in anxiety and waiting. ▪ The center calls on the occupation to immediately disclose the fate of the missing and the names of detainees and to facilitate their visitation internationally. ▪ The international community is called upon to establish an independent investigative mechanism to collect evidence and determine the fate of the missing and disappeared.