Israel has broken international law with its “relentless” bombardment of Gaza that has levelled neighbourhoods and killed thousands of Palestinians, a UN rights expert said Thursday. The comments by Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer who is the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, came as Israel confronts a case brought by South Africa to the UN’s International Court of Justice accusing it of genocide. “Israel has done a number of things that are highly illegal, highly unlawful,” Albanese told a Madrid news conference. While Israel has the right to self-defence, internation…