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Settlers force re-burial of Palestinian man in West Bank, family says

Israeli troops confiscated settlers’ digging tools after Palestinians were ordered to rebury a body that had been buried with prior security coordination.

  • A Palestinian family from Asaasa held a funeral for a relative over eighty years old near the Sa-Nur outpost in the West Bank, but Israelis began exhuming the grave, claiming it was too close to their settlement.
  • Sa-Nur, evacuated 21 years ago as part of Israel's disengagement plan, was re-established only last month, creating the friction point despite the funeral having been approved and coordinated with security forces.
  • The IDF arrived following reports of Confrontations, confiscating digging tools from Israelis, though Footage showed the body had already been removed from the grave by the time soldiers reached the site.
  • Following the incident, the Palestinian family transferred the body for burial in a nearby village, and The IDF stated, "The issue of coordinating the funeral and managing the event will be investigated by the commanders, and lessons will be drawn accordingly."
  • The IDF condemned actions harming the dignity of the deceased and public order, noting that while the burial was approved, the subsequent exhumation remains under review by military commanders to prevent future incidents.
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Settlers force re-burial of Palestinian man in West Bank, family says

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank forced Palestinians to exhume the body of their ​father from his freshly dug village grave, his family said, near a settlement re-established by Prime Minister Benjamin ‌Netanyahu's government.

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