Humanitarian Violence: Israel’s Abuse of Preventative Measures in its 2023-2024 Genocidal Military Campaign in the Occupied Gaza Strip
<p>Since 7 October 2023, Forensic Architecture has documented the mass displacement of Palestinian civilians being carried out by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, and identified three overlapping phases in its execution. Across all three phases, the Israeli military has repeatedly abused the humanitarian measures of evacuation orders, ‘safe routes’, and ‘safe zones’, and failed to comply with the laws governing their application within a wartime context. These patterns of systematic violence and destruction have forced Palestinian civilians from one unsafe area to the next, confirming the conclusion echoed across civilian testimonies, media reports, and assessments by the UN and other humanitarian aid organisations, that ‘there is no safe place in Gaza’.</p>
Authors: Forensic Architecture, Nour Abuzaid
Researcher: Shourideh C. Molavi, Peter Polack, Júlia Nueno Guitart
Developer: Nour Abuzaid, Peter Polack, Júlia Nueno Guitart, Nathan Wright
Contributors: Eyal Weizman, Robert Trafford, Omar Ferwati, Elizabeth Breiner, Robert Mackey, Isabella Parlamis
Forensic Architecture, Goldsmiths, University of London