Israel wipes genocide evidence in Gaza, carting off rubble and remains in 100 trucks daily

GENEVA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused the Israeli occupation army of carrying out a large-scale and organized operation to clear and process rubble from neighborhoods and facilities they have destroyed in the Gaza Strip, transferring the debris from areas under their military control to locations outside the enclave.

“This is occurring without any official record of the quantities removed or independent oversight, and before international and local investigative committees have had the chance to survey, examine, and document the sites. This risks destroying crucial evidence of genocide and the remains of victims still unaccounted for under the rubble,” Euro-Med said in a press release on Monday.

Euro-Med explained that “these operations are not part of organized humanitarian efforts to rescue the missing, open roads, or prepare for reconstruction. Instead, Israel is acting unilaterally within closed areas under its military control by demolishing remaining buildings and then crushing, mixing, and transporting the rubble before forensic teams, evidence experts, and unexploded ordnance specialists can examine, document, and preserve the sites, along with the evidence and human remains.”

The “Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment,” jointly released by the World Bank, the United Nations, and the European Union in April 2026, estimated that roughly 68 million tons of rubble were scattered across the Gaza Strip, based on destruction documented up to October 2025. However, their report noted that this figure may not reflect damage from subsequent demolitions and ongoing destruction, according to the rights group.

Euro-Med said that in recent weeks, it tracked nearly 100 Israeli trucks daily leaving the Gaza Strip with debris. “These trucks carry rubble to undisclosed sites within Israel and further south of the occupied West Bank.

“The Israeli authorities have not provided details on the quantities removed, the routes taken, the destination sites, or how the material is utilized. They also have not permitted independent oversight of the sorting, weighing, or transport processes. This lack of transparency makes it very difficult to trace the transported material, identify evidence, or recover any human remains that might be present,” Euro-Med underlined.

“The systematic removal of rubble at this pace conceals the evidence of appalling crimes Israel committed in Gaza, especially those related to genocide, such as summary executions and killing unarmed civilians. These sites need careful examination and thorough criminal investigation before any intervention that might change or erase their features,” Euro-Med affirmed.

“The debris scattered throughout the Gaza Strip includes possible locations of unlawful killings and bombings that targeted entire families, as well as sites believed to contain mass graves or bodies buried within destroyed homes, hospitals, shelters, and civilian facilities,” it added.

“This deliberate removal of evidence occurs when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is still investigating crimes in Palestine, alongside other cases under universal jurisdiction in national courts. Destroying crime scenes before investigations are finished hampers legal accountability and complicates efforts by international investigators and prosecutors to establish facts, as vital evidence may be lost once removed from the Gaza Strip.”

Euro-Med urged the international community to pressure Israel to immediately and fully stop all rubble removal and transport activities in Gaza.

“The international community, including the Security Council, the UN General Assembly, and states parties to the Rome Statute, must urgently intervene to halt the systematic removal and transport of rubble from the Gaza Strip. They should also advocate for independent international forensic and criminal investigation teams to be granted access to assess and document the destruction sites before any further removal or transport occurs, ensuring that physical evidence is preserved to hold those responsible for genocide accountable,” it said.