Ghazi Al-Majdalawi, the lead researcher at the Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, announced the documentation of 100 cases of disappearance in the Gaza Strip within just two weeks of the center’s efforts to monitor and record cases of missing and forcibly disappeared persons resulting from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the region.

Al-Majdalawi confirmed that the center has received hundreds of reports of new disappearance cases and is working on verifying and documenting them through rigorous professional methods.

He also noted that the center continues to receive reports via its online platform to document as many cases as possible and contribute to uncovering the fate of the victims.

Al-Majdalawi explained the distinction between two categories: Missing persons: Individuals whose fate remains entirely unknown. And forcibly disappeared persons: Individuals detained by Israeli occupation forces, with no information provided about their condition or whereabouts — a crime of enforced disappearance under international law.

He highlighted the severity of the crisis, with hundreds of families losing contact with their loved ones, living in constant anxiety while desperately seeking any news about them. The ongoing genocide by Israel has caused an unprecedented surge in the number of missing and forcibly disappeared persons, further deepening the suffering of families facing unbearable uncertainty about the fate of their children.

Al-Majdalawi reaffirmed the center’s commitment to documenting this tragedy and urging local and international human rights organizations to intensify efforts to uncover the fate of the missing and forcibly disappeared, while holding the Israeli occupation accountable for crimes committed against civilians in Gaza.