Israel has attacked 57% of health facilities and 71% of shelters in Gaza
Forensic Architecture’s spatial analysis finds that Israel has attacked 57% of health facilities and 71% of shelters in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 | The Israeli genocidal operations in Gaza have already destroyed 36 percent of the area of Gaza, as its military attacked 57 percent of medical infrastructure and 71 percent of shelters since the war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023. ■ This was reflected in the recently released spatial analysis of the Israeli military's conduct in Gaza by the University of London-based research agency Forensic Architecture. Citizen journalist and filmmaker Robin Monotti covered the analysis, which was shared on X, formerly Twitter. ■ The patterns they have observed about Israel's military conduct in the enclave indicate a systematic and organized campaign to destroy life, conditions necessary for life and life-sustaining infrastructure, the analysis that also included a "cartography of genocide" indicated. ■ According to the analysis, they used the term "genocide" within the meaning developed by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who was instrumental in the definition formulated in Article II of the Genocide Convention. (Related: South Africa files 750 pages of evidence against Israel in ICJ genocide case.)