Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume and rebury their father [View all]

A Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank has been forced by Israeli settlers, reportedly under military protection, to dig up their father’s grave and rebury him, which the United Nations is condemning as “appalling and dehumanising”.

Eighty-year-old Hussein Asasa died of natural causes on Friday and was buried shortly after in a cemetery in Asasa village near Jenin.

His son, Mohammed, said the burial had been coordinated in advance with Israeli security forces, which provided all necessary permits.

However, shortly after the burial, settlers threatened the Asasa family, ordering them to exhume the body, claiming it had been buried on land that formed part of an Israeli settlement. Under international law, such settlements are considered illegal and are not recognised as Israeli territory.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/9/israeli-settlers-force-palestinian-family-to-exhume-and-rebury-their-father