Nearly two years after an Israeli airstrike flattened a family home in southern Gaza, Civil Defense teams on Christmas Day pulled 25 bodies from beneath the rubble, including Palestinian journalist Heba Fouad Al-Abadla and her mother.

The bodies were unearthed in Khan Younis, where the Jan. 9, 2024, strike hit during one of the conflict’s most intense phases.

Al-Abadla, about 30 at the time of her death, was a presenter for Al-Azhar Radio, affiliated with Gaza’s Al-Azhar University, and a co-founder of Social Media Club-Palestine, a grassroots initiative that trained young journalists and content creators to amplify Palestinian voices online.

Her recovery piles upon the enduring humanitarian toll in Gaza, where thousands remai

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