cemeteries of numbers

Rights center: IOA holds bodies of 1,500 Palestinians in mortuaries, cemeteries of numbers

Thursday-6-March-2025

The Palestinian Center for the Missing and the Forcibly Disappeared announced that Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) are holding the bodies of about 1,500 Palestinians, including 665 identified bodies, in cemeteries of numbers and mortuaries.

The withholding of martyrs’ bodies: An Israeli crime met with global silence

Sunday-23-February-2025

Amidst the double standards of the international community, Israel continues to withhold the bodies of hundreds of Palestinian martyrs in what are known as "cemeteries of numbers" and morgues, in blatant violation of international laws and humanitarian principles.

Israel holds 665 bodies of martyrs in numbered graves and morgues

Thursday-20-February-2025

The National Campaign to Retrieve Martyrs’ Bodies said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continues to withhold the bodies of 665 martyrs, mostly Palestinians, at the so-called cemeteries of numbers and in morgues.

Israel holds 552 bodies of Palestinian martyrs in numbered graves

Tuesday-27-August-2024

Palestinian rights groups reported on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continue to withhold 552 bodies, including 256 in the so-called cemeteries of numbers, along with hundreds of martyrs from the Gaza Strip.