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The Unnamed Graveyard: Where Gaza’s Missing Find Their Final Rest

Hundreds of unidentified bodies are buried in Deir el-Balah cemetery in Gaza, where families like Lina al-Assi search for missing loved ones lost in the Israel-Hamas war. The lack of DNA labs and complex identification processes prolong their anguish. For Lina, the numbered grave she tends is her only connection to her husband Jihad, who disappeared on the second day of the conflict.