“In total, from October 15, 2023 until today, I have buried over 18,000 martyrs”
Working 14 to 16 hours a day, often in mass graves, 65-year-old gravedigger Youssef Abu Hatab describes the unbearable loss, devastation, and the collapsing burial system amid Israel’s relentless genocide in Gaza.
Despite losing his own son and brother, he continues his work under immense pressure, pleading to the world for help.