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Israel trucks out Gaza’s rubble to ‘hide genocide’ and ‘redraw the map’

Israel carts away Gaza's rubble to destroy war crimes evidence and make the landscape unliveable, rights groups say.

President Cyril Ramaphosa met with the family of a South African-born Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer, raising controversy due to claims of a genocide in Gaza. The family requested Ramaphosa to help retrieve the remains of their fallen soldier, Captain Daniel Perez, from Yad Binyamin. Israel retains the bodies of over 1,700 Palestinians, including those killed during the October 7, 2023 attack and subsequent wars.

Anti-racist activists argue that the meeting undermines South Africa's stance on supporting Palestinian rights and their historic case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Israel of genocide.

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