let's from the un, the bodies human rights chief vulker turk has voiced deep concern about widespread destruction by the israel the occupation forces of civilian infrastructure in gaza. have a lesson. the israeli defense forces are reportedly destroying all buildings in the gaza strip that are within a kilometer of the israel gaza fence. clearing the area with the objective of creating a buffer zone. destructions carried out to create buffer zone for general security purposes do not appear consistent with the narrow military operations exceptions that are set out in international humanitarian law, extensive destruction of property, not justified by military necessity, and carried out unlawfully and wantedly amounts to a grave breach of the fourth geneva convention and a war crime. since october, my office has recorded widespread destruction and demolition by the idf of civilian and other. structure, including residential buildings, schools and universities in areas in which fighting is not or no longer taking place. israel has not provided clear reasons for such extensive destruction