Lack of DNA testing leaves the dead in Gaza without a name or dignity – and relatives in limbo

New data shows that at least 1,129 bodies have been recovered in Gaza but remain unidentified. Experts on the ground tell Maira Butt that the uncertainty is leaving families in agony


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