The Gaza Strip is facing an unprecedented crisis in burying the dead due to the overcrowding of cemeteries, the destruction and leveling of dozens of burial sites by the Israeli military during the war, and a severe shortage of burial shrouds.

The situation has forced families to take harsh measures, including burying multiple bodies in a single grave or establishing temporary and unregulated cemeteries in public areas and inside displacement camps.

With basic construction materials such as cement and stones becoming increasingly scarce due to the ongoing blockade, the crisis has intensified, limiting families’ ability to cover the costs of preparing graves.

As a result, the journey of death in Gaza has become a continuing ordeal that begins with the struggle for survival and does not end until families find a final resting place beneath the ground.

Meanwhile, the head of Al-Bureij Municipality in central Gaza, engineer Ayman Dweik, said the municipality is addressing the crisis by receiving new donated plots of land to be used as cemeteries.

He added that municipal teams are continuing their efforts in cooperation with civil defense crews and rescue committees to recover bodies and bury waste in order to reduce environmental and health risks.