[News] Board of Peace using Gaza reconstruction funds to erase evidence of Israel's genocide

[Anti-Imperialist News]

 Board of Peace using Gaza reconstruction funds to erase evidence of
Israel's genocide

Israel has unilaterally cleared hundreds of thousands of tons of rubble
containing the bodies of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, in
preparation for a long-term occupation and settlement of the enclave

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AUG 29, 2026 -
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US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace is directly funding
<https://gazaherald.com/2026/08/28/board-of-peace-2/> rubble removal and
road-paving operations across Gaza that are erasing evidence of Israel's
genocide and paving the way for the annexation and Jewish settlement of the
strip.

Palestinian researcher and political writer Muhammad Shehada of the
European Council on Foreign Relations reported on 27 August that the Board
of Peace is “paying the expenses of the IDF's covert transfer of rubble
(mixed with dead bodies) out of Gaza.”

"The money is taken from Gaza's reconstruction funds," Shehada highlighted.
To date, only the US, Morocco, and the UAE have provided any actual funding
to the Board of Peace.

EU diplomats reportedly informed Shehada that “Israel has been quietly
moving hundreds of thousands of tons of rubble mixed with dead bodies out
of Gaza to bury evidence of its genocide.”

"When the EU asked Israel why or whether they filter human remains out of
the rubble, no answer ever came," Shehada added.

Since the beginning of its genocide in Gaza, Israel has killed at least
73,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children. Thousands more remain
buried under the rubble of their destroyed homes.

By removing the rubble before a search for victims can be carried out with
heavy equipment, Palestinians will not know whether their relatives are
dead or abducted by Israeli forces and held in its network of torture
centers.

Shehada indicates that proof of the Board of Peace's involvement in funding
rubble removal is found in a tender document released by the board on 20
May 2026, which sought contractors for "leveling & compacting" work in Gaza.

Shehada reports that an Israeli company, Terra Firma, has been clearing
rubble in Gaza using heavy machinery designed to crush debris and process
it into dust, including to help the Israeli military build roads,
specifically near Erez.

As a result, the Board of Peace "is actively paying, compensating,
subsidizing, and aiding Israeli companies, contractors, the Israeli army,
and the Israeli government for these rubble-removal and road-paving
operations," the *Gaza Herald* writes
<https://gazaherald.com/2026/08/28/board-of-peace-2/>.

"These operations systematically erase evidence of war crimes and desecrate
human remains," the *Herald *added, as no measures are taken to separate
remains of victims from the debris or to preserve potential mass graves
covered by the newly constructed roads.

At the same time, critical civilian infrastructure such as water networks,
electricity systems, sewage facilities, hospitals, and bakeries remain
deliberately unrepaired.

According to Dr. Ramy Abdu, a prominent Palestinian human rights advocate,
the Board of Peace "acts as a structural cover for ongoing land seizures
and displacement."

The Board of Peace was established in the wake of the October 2025
“ceasefire” backed by the US. Trump declared that the board would oversee
Gaza’s reconstruction, allegedly for the benefit of Palestinians.

However, over the past 10 months, "Israeli forces have stepped up a
systematic campaign of erasure in the area of Gaza directly under their
control," according
<https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2026/07/01/israels-campaign-erasure-demolition-eastern-gaza>
to an investigation by the *New Humanitarian*.

"In this almost entirely depopulated zone, Israel has been tearing down
whatever remains, setting fire to fields, and bulldozing towns and
once-green agricultural communities into the ground," the *New Humanitarian*
found.

The Israeli military's activity indicates it is creating "a blank slate" in
Gaza and establishing infrastructure needed for the long-term occupation
and ultimate annexation of the strip.

Israeli leaders have repeatedly made clear their intention to ethnically
cleanse Gaza of its roughly 2 million Palestinians to pave the way for
establishing settlements for Jewish Israelis to live in on the ruins of
Palestinian cities and villages.
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