A Piece of Heart Under the Rubble
After three years of waiting by families, the process of retrieving the remains of 105 martyrs from under the rubble of the Taj Tower on Yarmouk Street in Gaza has begun, including 47 children and 32 women. The report tells personal stories of families suspended between hope and loss, including the story of journalist Youssef Sharaf, who lost 37 family members, and the story of mother Taghreed Al-Hanawi, who waited three years to reach her daughter and four grandchildren.
After three years of suspended waiting between hope and loss, the process of retrieving the remains of 105 martyrs from under the rubble of the Taj Tower on Yarmouk Street in Gaza began, lasting seventeen days of searching and retrieval. Among the martyrs are 47 children and 32 women. The report tells personal stories of families that remained suspended, including the story of journalist Youssef Sharaf, who lost 37 family members in the massacre, and was arrested from Al-Shifa Hospital knowing his family was under the rubble, and upon his release found a broken city and no one from his family to welcome him. And the story of journalist Doaa Sharaf and her child Obeida, of whom only his small bones remained, while his toys and pacifier bore witness to his existence. And the story of mother Taghreed Al-Hanawi, who waited three years to reach her daughter Alia, her husband, and her four children. The report describes scenes of long funerals in the streets of Gaza, where the remains emerged from under the rubble and were carried on shoulders for the first time in three years, so that the absent ones would have a place to visit.