Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared: Three years have passed since the start of the missing persons crisis in the Gaza Strip, and families still do not know the fate of their sons.

Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared:

▪ Three years have passed since the start of the missing persons crisis in the Gaza Strip, and families still do not know the fate of their sons.

▪ The number of missing persons has reached more than 7,000 people, including about 4,000 under the rubble and more than 2,500 forcibly disappeared.

▪ Hundreds went missing near the border on 7 October 2023, some of them minors who had gone to watch the events.

▪ The occupation authorities used enforced disappearance as a systematic policy and as a tool of collective punishment and pressure on Palestinians.

▪ Cases of enforced disappearance continued even after the announcement of a ceasefire on 9 October 2025.

▪ The occupation forces refuse to disclose the names of detainees, and have returned hundreds of unidentified bodies without information about the circumstances of their deaths.

▪ Ongoing Israeli restrictions on the entry of heavy equipment are hindering the recovery of bodies and their burial with dignity.

▪ International laws and the Geneva Conventions guarantee families the right to know the fate of their missing sons.

▪ 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 international visitation.

▪ The international community is called on to establish an independent investigative mechanism to collect evidence and determine the fate of the missing and disappeared.