Across Gaza, what’s being destroyed is not just infrastructure. The scale and intent of the destruction points to a deeper strategy that aims to displace the Gaza strip’s population and ensure that what was once home can never be reclaimed. That kind of violence has a name: domicide .

The bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas happened only two short years after Israel withdrew, bringing every Israeli’s biggest nightmare to life and handing a perfect “We told you so” to the right-wing Israeli hawks.