Robbed of their final dignity

A woman and her daughters search in a cemetery in Deir Al-Balah for the graves of their relatives who were buried during the war between Hamas and Israel, during a truce period in the central Gaza Strip. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

FOR four days, Kareem Sabawi’s body lay wrapped in a blanket in a cold, empty apartment as his family sheltered nearby.

He was killed during intense Israeli bombardment near his family home, his father and mother said, and in the days that followed, it was too dangerous to step outside and lay their 10-year-old child to rest.