
Thousands gathered in Gaza City to bury 112 members of two families whose remains were recovered from rubble left by a November 2023 Israeli strike on the Sabra neighbourhood, with roughly 157 people still unaccounted for. The burial occurred amid an October ceasefire that Palestinian officials say Israel has repeatedly violated, with strikes since then killing over 1,250 people. The event underscores that the current truce has not produced a durable peace, a reminder that biblical promises of lasting security for the region remain unfulfilled by any human-brokered arrangement.