Domicide (from Latin domus, meaning home or abode, and caedo, meaning deliberate killing, though used here metaphorically) is the deliberate destruction of housing in pursuit of specified goals. In Gaza, the latter is the Israeli goal to make the enclave unlivable.
International law does not currently recognize "domicide" as a distinct crime. However, the widespread or systematic destruction of civilian homes during war is already addressed under existing international humanitarian law, where such destruction can constitute a war crime or a crime against humanity if it violates the prohibition against attacking civilian objects or is part of a widespread attack against a civilian population. Some experts and U.N. officials are advocating for domicide to be explicitly codified as a crime to provide stronger legal protection for homes in conflict.
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- Category: domicide - demolition by reported explosive laden robots and vehicles
20251225 - Khan Younis, Southern Gaza - Israeli occupation forces detonating residential buildings in the east of the city
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- Parent Category: CRIME OF EXTERMINATION
- Category: domicide - demolition by reported explosive laden robots and vehicles
20251225 - Al-Tuffah, Gaza Coty -Israeli occupation forces reportedly detonate explosive-laden robots