Around 8,000 Palestinian bodies are believed to be trapped under the rubble in the Gaza Strip, where less than 1 percent of the debris has been cleared after Israel's two-year-old genocidal war in the region, according to an Israeli media report, quoting a United Nations official.
The Haaretz newspaper, quoting an anonymous official from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), said the slow process of clearing debris meant the process could take up to seven years.
Thousands of bodies are still buried under collapsed buildings across the region, the official added, as families continue to wait to find and bury their relatives, Anadolu reported (4/5).
The assessment is based on data from the Palestinian civil defense authority, which has warned of severe equipment and capacity shortfalls, slowing efforts to clear vast areas of destruction.
Separately, a medical source in Gaza confirmed on Sunday that the number of Palestinian deaths as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza had risen to 72,610, with 172,448 people injured since the war began on October 7, 2023, quoted from WAFA.
They added that the total number of Palestinians killed since the start of the ceasefire on October 11, 2025 has reached 830, while the number of injured has increased to 2,345. In addition, 767 bodies have been found from under the rubble.
The medical team also said that some of the victims were still trapped under the rubble and on the road, as ambulances and rescue teams could not reach them because the conditions on the ground were still not possible.
Civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip is estimated to have been destroyed by 90 percent since the latest conflict broke out in 2023. The United Nations estimates the reconstruction cost to be around 70 billion US dollars.
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