Families in Gaza wear ID bracelets in case of death

Families in Gaza are now wearing ID bracelets in case they die and so they can identify loved ones amidst ongoing Israeli bombing. 

The ID bracelets are also helpful as mass graves are becoming more common in the enclave, due to the high death count. 

Ali El-Daba, 40, told Reuters that he had seen bodies ripped apart by the bombing and were unrecognisable.

He said he decided to divide his family to prevent them from all dying in a single strike. He said his wife Lina, 42, kept two of their sons and two daughters in Gaza City in the north and he moved to Khan Younis in the south with three other children.

El-Daba said he was preparing for the worst. He bought blue string bracelets for his family members and tied them around both wrists. "If something happens," he said, "this way I will recognise them."

Other Palestinian families were also buying or making bracelets for their children or writing their names on their arms.