The Director of the Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, Ahmad Masoud, revealed that preliminary estimates indicate the presence of around 6,000 Palestinians listed as missing or forcibly disappeared since the onset of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. He noted that the complex security and field conditions have severely hindered documentation and search efforts.
Masoud explained that the center has so far documented approximately 1,300 confirmed cases of disappearance, and continues its efforts to collect accurate data on the identities of the victims and the circumstances of their disappearance, despite major challenges caused by widespread destruction, communication blackouts, and the difficulty of reaching devastated areas.
He added that the majority of the missing are young people, exacerbating the humanitarian and social suffering within a society already crushed under the weight of genocide and ongoing siege.
In a related development, Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis announced that it had received the bodies of 15 martyrs previously held by the usurping entity. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the total number of bodies received from the occupation since the beginning of the war has reached 165 unidentified remains.
According to the Ministry, most of the recovered bodies bore signs of brutal torture and field executions, making the process of identification extremely difficult for both families and medical teams.
These revelations shed light on the atrocities taking place inside the notorious prisons of the usurping entity, particularly Sde Teiman Prison in the Negev desert. Human rights testimonies and reports confirm that Palestinian detainees are subjected to systematic torture and extrajudicial killings.
For his part, Dr. Munir Al-Barsh, Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that everybody returned came with a Hebrew document indicating its origin from Sde Teiman. He added that some of the bodies had undergone DNA testing inside the same facility.
Al-Barsh clarified that the accompanying documents revealed degrading and inhumane detention conditions — including handcuffing, blindfolding, tying detainees to hospital beds, and forcing them to wear diapers — the same details confirmed by photographs and testimonies published by The Guardian newspaper last year.
The Government Media Office in Gaza also announced the burial of 54 martyrs whose bodies were released from the prisons of the usurping entity, noting that many of them showed clear signs of torture. The bodies bore marks of strangulation and direct gunfire, described as deliberate field executions.
Medical examinations confirmed that these cases constitute systematic crimes of murder and torture against Palestinian detainees, representing a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.
