Israel’s removal of Gaza rubble risk to war crimes evidence: UN
International Court of Justice ordered Israel in 2024 to prevent the destruction of evidence related to war crimes.
Israel’s clearance of rubble in Gaza could destroy evidence of war crimes, warns the United Nations.
States and companies removing the rubble “could incur international criminal responsibility” for destroying evidence of crimes committed during Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave, said the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the occupied territories, Francesca Albanese, on Monday.
It has been two years since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to take effective measures to prevent the destruction of evidence relating to allegations under the Genocide Convention.
The Israeli military carried out a massive operation in August to crush, mix and transport millions of tonnes of rubble from numerous sites, including cemeteries and other known locations of human remains.