Gaza mass funeral for 112 victims of 2023 Sabra strike
On 4 August 2026, Gaza City held a mass funeral for 112 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered after nearly three years beneath the rubble of a residential block in the Sabra neighbourhood. The block was hit by an Israeli airstrike on 22 November 2023, which killed 308 members of the Abu Sharia and al‑Hasayna families, including 40 children, 38 women and seven people with disabilities.
The recovery effort, led by Gaza’s Civil Defence under the Hamas‑run interior ministry and supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross, lasted 17 days (136 hours) and involved about 40 rescue workers. Thousands attended the ceremony, which officials described as one of the largest funerals in Gaza since the war began. Authorities say 157 people remain missing from the attack, and the overall Gaza death toll since October 2023 exceeds 73 000.
Entities: Abu Sharia family · Abu Sharia family · Al‑Hasayna family · Al‑Hasayna family · Al‑Hasayneh family · Civil Defence of Gaza · Gaza City · Gaza Civil Defence · Hassayna family · Hassayna family · International Committee of the Red Cross · Israel Defense Forces
Claims
What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.
- [● 18 SOURCES] The recovered victims included 40 children, 38 women and seven people with disabilities. (demographics of the 112 bodies)
- [● 8 SOURCES] Gaza Civil Defence, operating under the Hamas‑run Interior Ministry, led the recovery effort. (Gaza Civil Defence, operating under the Hamas‑run Interior Ministry, led the recovery effort.)
- [● 18 SOURCES] More than 73,000 Palestinians have been reported dead in the Gaza war since October 2023. (overall Gaza death toll)
- [● 18 SOURCES] The funeral on 4 August 2026 was described as the largest mass funeral in Gaza since the war began on 7 October 2023. (size of the funeral)
- [● 18 SOURCES] 112 bodies were recovered from the rubble of a residential block in Gaza's Sabra neighbourhood after a November 2023 Israeli strike. (recovery of 112 bodies after two years)
- [● 18 SOURCES] The International Committee of the Red Cross supplied material support and training to the recovery teams. (ICRC assistance)
- [● 10 SOURCES] 157 bodies remain missing under the rubble of the same site. (157 bodies remain missing under the rubble of the same site.)
- [● 2 SOURCES] The November 2023 Sabra strike killed 308 members of the Abu Sharia and Al‑Hasayna families. (The November 2023 Sabra strike killed 308 members of the Abu Sharia and Al‑Hasayna families.)
- [● 2 SOURCES] The funeral was one of the largest held in Gaza since the war began. (Articles f0b5d597-3acc-42c3-8686-f94a8ec34887 and dcb724d4-5177-4e00-8701-fccb50ecadc2)
- [● 17 SOURCES] 157 people remain missing from the Sabra attack. (missing persons count)
- [● 6 SOURCES] Among the 112 buried were 40 children and 30 women. (b26d76cc-bf0d-45a8-985d-d6bd57de0767, ba0a9cee-ade4-4b24-b126-271354c773ff, f0b5d597-3acc-42c3-8686-f94a8ec34887, 88214b)
- [● 6 SOURCES] A rescue team of about 40 workers spent 17 days excavating the Sabra rubble to recover the bodies. (b26d76cc-bf0d-45a8-985d-d6bd57de0767, ba0a9cee-ade4-4b24-b126-271354c773ff, f0b5d597-3acc-42c3-8686-f94a8ec34887, 88214b)