Overview
- - Al Jazeera Arabic’s investigation reports Gaza Civil Defence has documented 2,842 people who left no recoverable remains since October 2023.
- - Civil Defence classifies a person as evaporated only after exhaustive searches and cross-checks of occupants versus bodies, often finding just blood spray or small tissue fragments, spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said.
- - The probe ties sites of disappearances to MK-84, BLU-109, and GBU-39 bombs, with Civil Defence reporting recovery of GBU-39 components at multiple locations where bodies were missing.
- - Medical and weapons experts cited in the reports describe thermobaric and high-temperature effects reaching roughly 3,000–3,500°C with intense pressure and oxidation that can vaporize human tissue.
- - Legal analysts say the reported use of such munitions in populated areas may amount to war crimes and implicate suppliers, noting ICJ measures and an ICC warrant have not stopped the killings.