Mahmoud Abu Dalfa walked among the destruction in Gaza City's Shejaia neighbourhood, in hope of finding the bodies of his family members who remain trapped under the rubble of their destroyed house.
The 40-year-old chef lost his wife and five children, who were among 35 people killed in Israeli airstrikes on their building in December 2023.
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The 40-year-old chef lost his wife and five children, who were among 35 people killed in Israeli airstrikes on their building in December 2023.
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00:00Mahmoud Abu Dalfa walked among the destruction in Gaza City's Shejaya neighborhood in hope
00:07of finding the bodies of his family members who remain trapped under the rubble of their
00:11destroyed house.
00:13The 40-year-old lost his wife and five children, who were among 35 people killed in Israeli
00:18airstrikes on their building in December 2023.
00:23Only three bodies of the 35 were retrieved.
00:26My children and I are still trapped under the rubble.
00:30I tried to get them out of the rubble, but the Civil Defense came and tried to get them
00:38out.
00:39Because of the difficulty of the destruction, we don't have the means to get them out.
00:47It's very difficult.
00:49As you can see, the rubble needs a lot of equipment and technology.
00:56This is Kareem.
00:58He was in the first row.
01:01My wife and my five children, three daughters and two sons, consulted me.
01:09I had three sons, Khaled and Kareem.
01:15After eight years, they fed me.
01:19I did agriculture, I was a doctor.
01:23Finally, God blessed me with three sons.
01:29Then I had a daughter.
01:31Then I had a daughter.
01:33Praise be to God, we formed a family.
01:37They are still under the rubble.
01:43Abu Dhalfa, who used to work as a chef in Gaza before the war, said he hoped to be able
01:48to bury his wife, children and other relatives.
01:52I hope to be able to take them out and make them a grave.
01:58That's what I want.
02:00I don't want them to make me a house.
02:02I want them to make me a grave.
02:05I want to take them out and make them a grave.
02:07Abu Dhalfa, like many other Gazans, was displaced several times during the Israeli aggression
02:13that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
02:16He now lives in a makeshift tent on top of the rubble near the destruction of his house.
02:21I used to go to work a lot.
02:23My children used to attack me.
02:26My father used to jump around me.
02:30He used to hang himself.
02:32My fifth son used to jump on me.
02:34May God have mercy on them.
02:39My wife suffered a lot with my children.
02:44You know how it is.
02:46They need care.
02:49She was very attached to them.