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Al-Haq report building on a Forensic Architecture investigation and documenting Israel's systematic destruction of cultural heritage sites including mosques, churches, museums, libraries, archives, and archaeological sites in Gaza in the years preceding Israel's genocide in Gaza, situating the destruction of cultural property within the international legal framework governing the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflict. The report argues that the deliberate targeting of cultural sites constitutes violations of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and contributes to the erasure of Palestinian cultural identity. Recommended for researchers in cultural heritage law, international humanitarian law, and Palestinian studies examining the deliberate destruction of Palestinian cultural sites in Gaza and is valuable for anyone working on cultural genocide, the legal protection of cultural property, and the long-term implications of heritage destruction.
