Govt official: Over 2k people unaccounted for, Gaza in urgent need of civil defence

The death toll in Gaza rose to 9,770 on Sunday, with at least another 2,000 people remaining unaccounted for and feared buried in the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings due to the relentless airstrikes by the Zionist regime.

“The dead are accounted for, but there are not enough volunteers and heavy machinery to help locate and dig out those trapped under the rubble,” lamented Gaza's senior government official Abdullah Waleed.

"Our civil defence agencies are unable to dig them out...