Overview

• Reem Ajour, a Palestinian mother, has been searching for her husband and 4-year-old daughter, who went missing after Israeli troops raided their shelter in Gaza in March 2024.
• Rights group Hamoked is assisting dozens of families in Gaza whose loved ones disappeared during Israeli military operations, highlighting what they describe as mass forced disappearances.
• The Israeli military has not provided clear records of those detained, separated, or killed, with some detainees held incommunicado for over two months, according to rights organizations.
• Hamoked has petitioned Israel's High Court for answers on missing individuals, but the court has largely dismissed the cases without investigating the military's claims of non-detention.
• Under wartime laws, Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians, transferring some to civilian prisons but leaving the status of many others unknown to their families or legal representatives.