In the aftermath of devastating conflict, Gaza's rubble has become more than wreckage — it is a contested archive. UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese has warned that ongoing debris clearance operations risk erasing the physical evidence upon which war crimes investigations depend, raising a question as old as accountability itself: when a society begins to rebuild, who safeguards the record of what was destroyed, and by whom? The tension between reconstruction and justice is not new, but in Gaza it has grown acute, with Hamas and international observers alleging that the pace and nature
UN expert warns Israeli rubble clearance may destroy Gaza war crimes evidence
Destruction of evidence related to alleged war crimes and atrocities in Gaza, potentially affecting accountability for civilian casualties and violations.