Of course these are the official numbers , we can expect much larger losses considering the fact there are missing people especially in Al Arish.

Recalling also that article 33 of Additional Protocol I provides that the parties to an armed conflict shall search for the persons who have been reported missing, as soon as circumstances permit,

23.81 The agreed terms of reference of the Committee call upon it to look into cases of persons reported missing in the inter communal fighting as well as in the events of July 1974 and afterward.

In an interview with Lebanese Francophone newspaper L Orient Le Jour, she explained why she keeps on fighting for the cause of the disappeared I have a new responsibility today, which is to look out for some 17,000 officially reported abducted persons, adding that she will never give up until her mission is completed.