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Destruction
of Land and Property
To read the relevant Articles in international
humanitarian law applying to
destruction and expropriation of private houses
and land
click
on the blue words. Read the definition of
civilian objects
here.
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More than
2996 houses
in the Gaza strip has been completely
demolished by the Israeli occupying forces
since the outbreak of the intifada,
rendering thousands of Palestinian civilians
homeless.
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3268 houses have been
damaged and/or rendered completely
uninhabitable by indiscriminate shelling,
shooting, and bombardment by Israeli forces
using heavy machine guns, tanks, helicopter
gunships, and F-16 fighter planes.
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Approximately
41.345
dunums square meters of land in the Gaza
strip, most of it agricultural, has been
razed by the Israelis, much of which has been seized for use
by Israeli settlers.
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Approximately
825 businesses, factories, or schools have been
destroyed or damaged in the Gaza strip.
[Last updated
November 2008]
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