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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty in Sydney, Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger in London

Australia vows to repair ‘distressing’ damage to war graves in Gaza bulldozed by Israeli army

A gardener tends to the lawn between the headstones at the Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza in 2022
A gardener tends to the lawn between the headstones at the Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza in 2022, before the outbreak of the current conflict. More than 250 Australian soldiers from world war one and world war two are buried in the graveyard. Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

The Australian government has vowed to repair the graves of dozens of Australian soldiers in Gaza after satellite imagery and witness testimony revealed they had been bulldozed by the Israel Defense Forces.

But it could be months or years before authorities can access the Commonwealth war cemetery in Gaza and Australian graves might face further damage as conflict continues in the occupied territory.

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