[1] Archaeologists investigated the site and by the time the discovery was announced in 2023 they had found 125 tombs in an area of 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft).

[4] The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip beginning in October 2023 led to hundreds of heritage sites being damaged.

[5] In November that year, Jehad Yasin of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported that the cemetery was "almost completely destroyed".

[6] UNESCO conducted remote monitoring of cultural heritage sites in the Gaza Strip and confirmed damage to the cemetery in its January 2024 assessment.

[7][note 1] The Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis is the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza and 135 graves have been identified.