One Funeral for 100 Gaza Victims

The remains of 100 Palestinians, including 70 children, were laid out among the ruins of Gaza’s Zeitoun neighborhood before being buried in a funeral attended by thousands. The bodies belonged to members of the Erhayim, Balavi, Malaka, Kanbur and Salmi families, who died when Israeli forces bombed homes in the area about two and a half years ago, the article says.

The remains were recovered in recent days through a project led by Gaza’s Civil Defense Directorate. They were placed side by side in an area surrounded by destroyed buildings, wrapped in Palestinian flags and decorated with flowers. Relatives joined community leaders and political and social figures at the burial in the Ahli Baptist cemetery.

Officials said the recovery effort had not reached the end of the tragedy. They estimate that the bodies of thousands more people remain under buildings destroyed or damaged during Israel’s attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.

The article also reports growing regional opposition to calls for the displacement of Gaza’s Palestinians. Turkey and seven other countries strongly condemned statements by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz. The ministers warned that turning calls for forced displacement into official policy or concrete measures would directly challenge international peace efforts and threaten hopes for stability in the region.

Anger is also growing toward Adidas after the company used Shalev Biton, a former Israeli soldier, in an advertisement for a “single-shoe service.” U.S. social media figure Guy Christensen called for a boycott, while Italian activist Vincenzo Fullone posted a video of Adidas shoes being thrown away. Fullone wrote, "When brands choose criminals, people choose resistance." Comments on Adidas’s X posts included promises never to buy its products again and calls to boycott the company over its alleged support for Israel’s actions in Gaza.

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When brands choose criminals, people choose resistance.