Israel demolishes a 12-story tower in Gaza City that housed the offices of a prominent human rights group.

The Israeli army has bombed the al-Roya tower in Gaza City, shortly after issuing a warning against the building. The destruction of the 12-story building marks the continuation of Israel's new pressure tactic to expel Palestinians from the municipality, which includes the demolition of the last large buildings still standing after two years of offensive.

The army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adraee, had issued an alert on social media urging civilians to flee the building or its surroundings, which Adraee said was being used by Hamas as a"terrorist infrastructure."

As is often the case, Israel carried out the attack without demonstrating such military use. Israel's allies, such as the United States and Germany, who provide its armed forces, also do not require evidence to justify such attacks.

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PHCR), a prominent group that promotes accountability for Israel's crimes against the Palestinian population, warned in a statement that the al-Roya tower housed medical clinics, sports facilities, and business offices, in addition to its main headquarters in the enclave.

The US imposed sanctions against the PCHR days ago for its collaboration with the International Criminal Court in cases investigating potentially illegal Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. The PCHR added on Monday that the Israeli army has used the tower as a military base during this war at other times when it has been present in Gaza City. The organization reported that Israeli troops have also destroyed its offices in Jabalia (north) and Khan Younis (south) during the current offensive.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, denounced the attack in a statement, warning:"Destroying everything above ground is not a war, but the deliberate creation of conditions to destroy a group. That is, genocide."