Gaza Herald — Heavy criticism is mounting over the role of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in facilitating the destruction and unauthorized rubble clearing in Gaza. Palestinian researchers and human rights advocates have exposed the high-level coordination behind the removal of debris from heavily damaged areas, highlighting the ongoing desecration of unrecovered human remains beneath the rubble and the Board’s complicity in ongoing aggression on the ground.
Erasing the Dead: Mass Graves and U.S.-backed Rubble Removal
The controversy escalated after Palestinian researcher and political writer Mohammad Shehada detailed the Board of Peace’s direct involvement in rubble removal and road-paving operations across Gaza.
Shehada brought to light a tender document dated May 20, 2026, issued under the name of the Board of Peace, which explicitly mandates work described as “levelling & compacting” in occupied Gaza—exposing the Board’s administrative footprint in transforming destroyed neighborhoods.
Additionally, Shehada detailed the active operations of the Israeli company Terra Firma, which is executing rubble clearance in Gaza using heavy machinery designed to crush debris and process it into dust. These actions directly facilitate road-paving operations carried out by the Israeli military, specifically near Erez.
The financial framework underpinning these activities links the Board of Peace directly to the ongoing occupation infrastructure. The Board 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.
These operations systematically erase evidence of war crimes and desecrate human remains. During these clearing efforts, no measures are taken to separate human remains from the debris or to preserve potential mass graves hidden beneath the roads being paved, an issue the Israeli government deliberately ignores.
Satellite imagery from May and June confirms significant and deliberate rubble-removal activity across eastern Gaza, proving the systematic execution of these operations on the ground.
Ceasefire Violations and Enforced Humanitarian Crisis
Beyond rubble clearing, the Board of Peace functions as a cover for ongoing ceasefire violations and the deliberate non-implementation of commitments established in the first phase of President Trump’s 20-point plan.
Since the ceasefire began, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,200 Palestinians while maintaining severe restrictions on basic humanitarian assistance. Crucial medical supplies, including prosthetic limbs intended for Palestinian children who suffered amputations during the bombing campaigns, are actively blocked from entering Gaza.
Furthermore, essential civilian infrastructure—including water networks, electricity systems, sewage facilities, hospitals, and bakeries—remains deliberately unrepaired. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue the arbitrary detention of Palestinian women and children, holding them without trial or formal charges in violation of agreed-upon terms.
While Israeli actions continuously violate the terms of the ceasefire, the Board of Peace maintained total silence for 323 days, intervening only within hours when public exposure on social media threatened its operations.
Leaked Tender and Israeli Corporate Involvement
The documentation confirms the reality behind the Board of Peace’s initial denials. The May 20, 2026 tender document, issued under the Board’s authority, establishes its mandate for “levelling & compacting” operations in Gaza.
The evidence directly ties the Board’s financial and operational channels to Israeli corporate entities engaged in clearing debris and constructing military roads. Satellite imagery further confirms the physical scope of these operations, which proceed with zero safeguards to protect mass graves or recover the remains of victims buried under the ruins.
Rights Advocates Expose Structural Violations
Dr. Ramy Abdu, a prominent Palestinian human rights advocate, further detailed the reality of the Board of Peace’s operations, demonstrating how the organization acts as a structural cover for ongoing land seizures and displacement.
Under the framework of areas jointly designated with the Board, Israeli military forces continue land clearing and home demolitions targeted at Palestinian communities.
Since the establishment of the Board of Peace, Israeli home demolitions have increased by 10 percent, worsening the severe humanitarian crisis imposed on hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who are deprived of basic necessities.
These continuous Israeli military operations, ceasefire breaches, and civilian casualties occur directly within the operational domain of the Board of Peace, underscoring its role in facilitating the ongoing occupation and humanitarian blockade in Gaza.
