Reports indicate Israel is censoring Palestinian voices and cultural expression in Gaza, with historic sites destroyed and cultural figures among the casualties. This comes as UN bodies and human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide.

A United Nations commission, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have all separately concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war in October 2023. The cultural life of the enclave is also profoundly threatened, with historic buildings destroyed and writers, poets and academics among that huge death toll.