Gaza officials have added thousands of names to the death toll from Israel’s genocide, bringing the total to over 60,000 Palestinians as rescuers scour the Gaza Strip for bodies amid the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.

On Monday, Gaza Government Information Office head Salama Maarouf said that there are at least 14,222 people believed to be trapped under the rubble, on the roads or in areas inaccessible to rescuers. According to Maarouf, only 76 percent of those killed in the genocide have been brought to medical centers, which is the primary way that officials were counting deaths.

This brings the official death toll to 61,709, including 17,881 children, with at least 111,588 wounded. The toll has already risen by hundreds since the ceasefire went into effect as rescuers have recovered bodies from the rubble.

The body of renowned Palestinian writer and activist Refaat Alareer was recovered and relocated by Palestinian officials. Gaza Municipality spokesperson Asem Alnabih said on X that officials had recovered Alareer’s body on Tuesday, and moved him and several of his relatives from a makeshift grave in Gaza City to a cemetery near Al-Shujaiya, his birthplace and home.

“Dear friends of Refaat Alareer around the world, I want to share with you that after a long and painful search we have finally found Dr. Refaat Alareer’s body,” Alnabih said. “Please keep him in your prayers, and may his family and friends find........

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