GAZA CITY: Standing beside the mound of rubble that was once his home, Ahmed Salim cannot hold back the tears as he struggles to retrieve the bodies of loved ones trapped underneath tonnes of debris.
Over 30 people were killed when his home was struck, he said, among them “my wife, my children, my mother, my father.”
“I’m the only one who survived,” he said, pointing to the pile of broken concrete and twisted metal that was once a five-story building in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood.
The building was destroyed on Dec. 24, 2024 and he has been waiting ever since to retrieve their bodies and give them a proper burial.
“The only thing that matters to me is to be able to bury them,” the 43-year-old said.
