No body, no death certificate: the bureaucratic limbo trapping the widows of Gaza’s missing men
In Gaza, women whose husbands are missing or buried under the rubble are facing a little-known crisis. Without death certificates for their husbands, they’re locked out of bank accounts, aid, and custody rights, trapped in bureaucratic limbo amid genocide.
A legal challenge might change things for some families. The lack of official paperwork creates deep uncertainty for many individuals.