'I dreamed to hug him. Now I hope to bury him': Gaza's missing haunt their families

In a small, plain white hall, dozens of mothers and wives sit silently in the front rows. Fathers, brothers and friends stand at the back, leaning against the walls.

All eyes are fixed on a screen at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, showing images of partially decomposed bodies - remains that may belong to someone they love.

Invited by local authorities in Gaza, families study the photographs closely, hoping to identify their missing sons among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.

The bodies, bearing clear signs of torture and decomposition, were recently handed over by Israeli authorities as part of a prisoner swap deal with Hamas.

They were returned without any form of identification, including the date of death or location.

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