UN Rights Chief Says Uncovered Remains in Gaza Raise Concerns of War Crimes
- On Tuesday, the United Nations called on Israel to grant international investigators access to all parts of Gaza to assist with evidence-gathering as recovery of human remains from destroyed sites continues.
- UN rights chief Volker Turk reported that remains of entire families are being unearthed across Gaza, warning these discoveries resurface concerns about possible war crimes, with many victims being women and children.
- Since November 2025, the Palestinian Civil Defence has recovered more than 630 bodies from beneath destroyed buildings, while estimating that over 8,000 people remain buried in the wreckage.
- Describing the recovery as 'only the tip of the iceberg,' Turk noted that Israel has blocked entry of heavy machinery needed to clear rubble while continuing to level areas with bulldozers.
- The United Nations reports that Israel's assault generated around 61 million tons of wreckage that could take seven years to clear, while a 2024 UN report identified potential humanitarian law violations during early war weeks.
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The UN called for access to Gaza by international investigators "to help gather evidence" of possible "war crimes"
Organization wants Israel to allow the entry of international investigators to preserve evidence and identify victims found under the rubble. It is estimated that more than 8,000 people remain missing.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip said that five people had been cited for Israeli occupation fire in Gaza, including a child and an elderly man, while the United Nations had called for international investigators to be allowed access to all areas of the Gaza Strip after hundreds of bodies had been recovered.
Hundreds of bodies exhumed in Gaza raise serious concerns about the preservation of evidence and the identification of victims, while recovery operations remain hampered.
UN urges foreign investigators' access to Gaza as hundreds of bodies pulled from rubble
Palestinian Civil Defence teams said they recovered over 800 bodies and other human remains; more than 8,000 missing people are believed to still be under the rubble
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