More than 10,000 missing Palestinians are buried under the debris of hundreds of destroyed buildings in Gaza.

The territory’s civil defense agency made the statement on X. 

“The continued accumulation of thousands of bodies under the rubble has begun to cause the spread of disease and epidemics, especially with the onset of summer and the rise in temperatures, which accelerates the process of decomposition,” it said in a statement.

More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched war on the territory on October 7. Most of the victims are women and children.