One million people lost their homes completely. This is how Israel systematically destroyed the Gaza Strip.
The World Bank estimates that approximately 45% of residential buildings were completely destroyed. Destroying buildings is a form of killing communities and their collective memory, according to the United Nations Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing. The Guardian quotes experts as saying that Israel is systematically destroying the Palestinians’ cultural heritage sites and their daily urban fabric. The destruction of buildings is not limited to depriving residents of their homes, students of their right to education, or patients of theirright to hospitalization.