Omar Nofal, head of a Hamas government committee for following up on the missing persons file, said Tuesday that approximately 15,000 dead from the war remain buried under rubble in Gaza, and that 6,000 people are officially registered as missing. Nofal also alleged that Israel prevents the entry of materials needed for DNA testing and called for international intervention. The figures come from a Hamas source and are not independently verified.
This morning, following a large funeral in Gaza, Omar Nofal, head of the Hamas government committee for following up on the missing persons file, provided statistics on the missing. He claimed that around 15,000 dead are still buried under rubble, with civil defense teams unable to access them due to a lack of equipment. Additionally, 6,000 people are officially registered as missing, with many more unregistered. Nofal alleged that Israel is preventing the entry of materials needed for DNA testing, and called for the missing persons file to be treated as a 'complex humanitarian issue' requiring urgent international intervention and advanced equipment for rubble removal.
The figures are provided by a Hamas-affiliated source and have not been independently verified by neutral third parties. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry has previously published cumulative death toll figures, which The Zioneer has reported without independent verification, and which do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
- DevelopingHamas releases 1,000-day war statistics claiming 73,066 deaths in Gaza
- DevelopingGaza Health Ministry updates cumulative death toll to 73,035 since October 7
- DevelopingGaza civil defense crews recovering bodies buried under rubble for eight months
- DevelopingGaza Health Ministry: 1,500 patients died awaiting evacuation, 16,500 still trapped
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