Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, was responding to a new analysis from Bellingcat showing Israeli forces have demolished large areas of the city in the south of the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports.

“Israel is demolition nation par excellence,” Rajagopal said in a post on X, adding the latest analysis “shows commission of vast international crimes including domicide”.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) “cannot fail to add these to its charges”, the UN rights expert added.

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