Geneva, Sep 7 (EFE).- The large-scale removal of debris in areas of Gaza under Israeli military control could be used to erase traces of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, the UN special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, said Monday.
«Destroying evidence of atrocity crimes is illegal. It is unacceptable that the reconstruction of Gaza is conditioned upon the erasure of its past and the evidence required to secure justice for its victims,» she said in a statement.
«Gaza’s rubble contains human remains and physical evidence relevant to the investigation of alleged international crimes, including genocide,» Albanese added.
The Italian expert pointed out that it is essential that before the removal and crushing of the rubble, the dignified recovery of human remains must be carried out, systematically documenting evidence of possible crimes with the help of international investigators.
«In devastated Gaza, rubble is not just construction waste. It is part of a crime scene, a graveyard, and the material record of what happened during a brutal and senseless bombing campaign that lasted two years,» she underlined.
