Gaza's rubble is at the centre of a new international controversy, with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warning that large-scale clearance in areas under Israeli military control could destroy evidence of alleged atrocity crimes and hinder the recovery of human remains.
The warning comes as Gaza faces a grim contradiction. The territory needs millions of tonnes of debris removed before it can rebuild, yet recent recovery operations show that the ruins still contain the remains of people killed during the war.
