ISRAELI DESECRATION OF CEMETRIES VIOLATES HUMANITARIAN LAW
January 26, 2024Israeli Desecration of Cemeteries Violates Humanitarian Law 🚨
The Israeli military admitted to horrifying actions—invading cemeteries. 16 cemeteries across Gaza, sacred grounds, have been ravaged or obliterated. WARNING: The images are distressing, revealing the cruel aftermath of war. Even in their final resting places, Palestinians face an unspeakable injustice. Gravestones shattered, soil disrupted, and tread marks defile the sanctity of their memory.
Families, already torn apart by the conflict, witness the desecration of their loved ones’ graves, adding immeasurable pain to their grief. The world must bear witness to this grave injustice, demanding accountability and an immediate end to the violations of humanitarian law.
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English Script:
Jeremy Diamond: Today, the Israeli military acknowledged that they rolled into a cemetery, took bodies out of graves, as part of what they say is a search for Israeli hostages remains, but as the Israeli military put out that statement, we were completing our investigation into the Israeli military’s desecration of cemeteries and what we found is 16 cemeteries across Gaza damaged or destroyed. I do want to warn our viewers that they may find some of these images disturbing.
CNN reporter: In Gaza, even the dead cannot escape the indignities of war. More than a dozen cemeteries like this one in Jabaliya desecrated by the Israeli military. Gravestones destroyed, soil upturned tread marks, leaving little left for the living to honor their dead. This is that same graveyard before the war. One month later, a series of tread marks can be seen on the northwestern edge. It is no exception. A CNN analysis of videos and satellite imagery found that 16 cemeteries have been damaged or destroyed by the Israeli military since it launched its ground offensive. As Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza, they crushed the graves of thousands of Palestinians between November and January.
Janita Dill, co-director of Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflicts, says destroying graveyards violates international law except under very limited circumstances.
Janita Dill: Cemeteries are not military objectives. They are, in fact, what international law would consider a an object that is normally dedicated to civilian purposes like places of worship generally so this is protected from intentional attack. It can only be intentionally attacked or destroyed if it becomes a military objective.
CNN reporter: In some cases, like this cemetery in the Shejaiya refugee camp, Israeli bulldozers turned cemeteries into military outposts, parking armored vehicles behind freshly razed berms. The damage is often deliberate and progressive. Over two weeks in December, the military bulldozed more and more of this cemetery east of Khan Yunis, building defensive fortifications.
CNN witnessed firsthand the results of Israel’s bulldozing of graveyards while embedded with Israeli forces last week. The armored personnel carrier CNN was traveling in drove right through this cemetery in Al-Bureij, on a freshly bulldozed dirt road.
