Two years after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to preserve evidence of potential war crimes, the Israeli military launched a sweeping operation to crush and remove millions of tonnes of rubble across Gaza — the very ground beneath which more than 8,000 Palestinians are believed to still lie buried. The UN's Special Rapporteur warned this week that such clearance risks destroying irreplaceable forensic evidence, and may expose the states and companies involved to international criminal liability. At stake is not only the possibility of justice, but the most elemental human ne
UN warns Israel's Gaza rubble removal risks destroying war crimes evidence
Over 8,000 Palestinians estimated to remain buried under rubble; families unable to recover remains of loved ones due to Israeli blockade of recovery equipment.