"25 members of the Al-Astal family were buried in southern Gaza Strip's Khan Yunis on Friday, after the bodies were recovered by Civil Defense teams from under the rubble of a destroyed house. Among the recovered remains were those of journalist Heba Al-Abadla and her mother, who had been trapped under the debris for more than two years, according to the media reports. Footage shows locals carrying the bagged remains and performing funeral prayers at Nasser Medical Complex, as well as the bodies being transported to the cemetery, with family members gathered at the site. "The Red Crescent and the Red Cross informed us that we could recover the bodies if they were present. They came with us, and the bodies were recovered the day before yesterday, then the work continued yesterday, resulting in the retrieval of between 24 and 25 bodies," Abdel Hamid Al-Astal, recovered victim's relative, said. "There was no body that could be identified. There was no way to recognise them." Nabil Al-Astal, another relative of the recovered victims, added: "They were just bones; you couldn't tell if they were men or women, or girls or boys. You couldn't know whose bones belonged to whom." Earlier on the 8th of October, 2024, local media reported that several journalists, including Heba Al-Abadla, Salam Meema and Ayat Khodoura "were killed with their bodies and their families remaining under the rubble of houses for months." Later on 10th of October, 2025, Hamas and Israel reached a ceasefire agreement that came into effect under the framework of '20 points Trump Plan'. Its key provisions include an immediate halt to the fighting, the release of all hostages - both living and deceased - and the entry of humanitarian aid. Since then, Civil Defense teams have continued operations to recover the bodies of those who were killed during the war and remained under the debris of destroyed homes."