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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Metz

Israel's military said a Palestinian family could bury their father. Then the settlers arrived

Israel Palestinians - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A Palestinian family has described how Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank forced them to exhume the newly buried grave of an older relative, claiming it was too close to a settlement recently authorized by Israel’s government.

Mohammed Asasa said his family had coordinated the burial of his 80-year-old father, Hussein, with the Israeli military. He said the burial took place in a cemetery belonging to his village, also called Asasa, where the family said generations have been buried in clearly marked graves.

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