Nagham Zbeedat in Haaretz: ‘More than six months after Hamas and Israel agreed to a U.S.-brokered cease-fire, the bodies of thousands of Palestinians remain decomposing under debris, as efforts to clear rubble from Gaza have largely stagnated.
‘More than 8,000 people remain buried under rubble as of April 26, according to Gaza's Civil Defense. Rescue teams say they continue to receive calls from families who know exactly where their loved ones are buried under the rubble, but lack the equipment needed to reach them.’

And: ‘In February, Alexander De Croo, the head of the UN Development Program, asserted that 0.5 percent of rubble had been removed from the Strip.’

Also: ‘Ayham Shurab, 31, tells Haaretz from Cairo, where he moved in May 2024: (…) “The least a martyr deserves is a funeral, a proper farewell.”’

It’s Antigone all over again. More tragic, in the absence of Greek gods.

(a sf 2118)