While the footage began to circulate on Israel media outlets on 4 December, the video's date has not been verified.

A main courthouse in Gaza has been destroyed by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), according to several Israel media outlets.

Footage, showing the demolition of the Palace of Justice, was published on 4 December by Israel media.

  • @StovetopEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Buildings are more than just the bricks they’re made of. They’re symbols which are associated with the regimes and social institutions that made them.

    For instance, the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 was not random choice, it was because the buildings stood for capitalistic greed and the way in which the United States wields capitalism as a weapon to exert dominance against other nations.

    I think it’s a waste, this whole war is an atrocity and Israel should have stopped at day 1, but it’s not like the destruction of this building is just a spite move against the common people. It’s a courthouse used to enforce laws from a regime that the invading force is trying to overthrow. It’s like the British burning down the White House in the War of 1812.

    • livus
      2•1 year ago

      @Stovetop which the British should not have done. But this is not an isolated incident; it’s in a wider context of civil architecture destruction:

      Among the buildings destroyed or partially destroyed are the main Palestinian court in Gaza, known as the Justice Palace, the Palestinian Legislative Council complex, 339 education facilities and 167 places of worship, while 26 of the territory’s 35 hospitals are not functioning.

      Hugh Lovatt, of the European Council on Foreign Relations, suggested Israel was “deliberately and methodically destroying the civil institutions and infrastructure that will be needed to govern and stabilise post-conflict Gaza”.