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Country: Israel
City / Location: Gaza, Palestine
Period / Date: 7 October 2023-ongoing
Subject: Information received concerning alleged intentional, widespread and systematic destruction of housing and essential civilian infrastructure, and extensive and repeated forced displacement of civilians, as part of Israel’s military assault in Gaza since 7 October 2023. These acts have rendered the majority of Gaza’s population homeless, drastically shrunk Palestinian residence in and control of Gaza’s territory while rendering it uninhabitable, and are preventing internally displaced persons (IDPs) from returning to their homes. The operations have reportedly been characterized by intentional and indiscriminate attacks on homes and other civilian objects, not justified by military necessity, causing serious bodily and mental harm to civilians; use of weapons with wide-area effects in densely populated residential areas; use of artificial intelligence for targeting homes which have been disproportionate and indiscriminate; pillaging, burning, destruction and bulldozing of homes and civilian infrastructure including in the absence of ongoing hostilities; extensive demolition of structures to create corridors and buffer zones, thereby severely limiting the area available for IDPs; attacks on designated humanitarian zones; steps taken to prevent delivery of shelter and reconstruction as well as prevent the return of IDPs, all in the context of use of force and blockade to maintain prolonged occupation, attempt annexation and thereby commit acts of aggression. The military assault has also included multiple attacks on temporary housing, including IDP and refugee camps, on schools, medical facilities, religious and cultural sites, and other structures used by IDPs for sheltering, including in areas to which Israeli forces had ordered them to evacuate. Between October 2023 and October 2025, estimated indicate that at least 92 per cent of Gaza’s housing units have been either fully destroyed or damaged; over 90 per cent of Gaza’s population has been displaced; and over 86 per cent of Gaza’s territory has been placed under displacement orders or within Israeli-militarized zones. Today, at least 259,000 Palestinian families, more than 1.45 million people, need emergency shelter assistance.
Number of identified alleged victims: -

First name last name	age	sex	affiliation

Total number of unidentified alleged victims: 2100000

Status or occupation	Number and gender
IDP	2100000 unknown(s)

General concerns:

Total number of alleged victims: 2100000
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