Israel bulldozed Gaza war cemetery containing graves of British, Australian and allied soldiers

The graves of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed during the First and Second World Wars have been destroyed by Israel in Gaza, satellite images and local testimony confirm. The desecration occurred at the Gaza War Cemetery in Al-Tuffah, Gaza City, a site maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), where over 3,000 Commonwealth servicemen are buried or commemorated.  New satellite images show systematic destruction in the cemetery’s southwestern section, where the graves of Australian soldiers were located. Topsoil has been stripped, rows of gravestones removed, and a large earth berm now dominates the area, clearly shaped by heavy machinery. The destruction did not exist in March 2023 satellite records, but appears visibly in imagery from August and […]