CBC's visual investigation of satellite photos and video shows the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza City's Tuffah district, which holds the graves of 22 Canadian peacekeepers from the 1956 UN mission, has been largely destroyed. Imagery shows headstones and memorials reduced to rubble and a large crater in the Canadian plot, and CBC's analysis attributes the damage to deep underground explosions and bulldozing during Israeli Defense Forces ground operations. Relatives say they want any recoverable remains returned to Canada, and the cemetery's destruction obstructs recovery efforts, raises legal and diplomatic concerns, and highlights the human cost of the Gaza fighting.
