UN expert: Large-scale destruction of housing in Gaza is a war crime
July 25, 2024 - 23:4
![More than 60 percent of houses in Gaza have been either destroyed or damaged](https://media.tehrantimes.com/d/t/2024/07/25/4/5095748.jpg?ts=1721936020772)
Israel’s widespread destruction of housing in Gaza may amount to war crimes, according to a UN expert.
“The crime of domicide is one which involves the systematic or widespread destruction of housing,” Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, told Al Jazeera in a television interview.
“Housing destruction on an individual basis, for example, when the destruction of a house is not justified as a military objective, is already a war crime under a Geneva Convention.”
As of July 21, data from Gaza indicated that roughly 60 percent of residential buildings had been damaged.
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