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Settlers Dig Up Palestinian Grave, Israeli Forces Intervene

5/11/2026

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Settlers Exhume Grave

Settlers from the Sha-Nur settlement began digging up a newly buried Palestinian grave, prompting Israeli forces to immediately intervene.
A Palestinian family buried an elderly relative near Sha-Nur in the West Bank, then moved remains to a nearby village.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed settlers removed the body and soldiers seized settlers’ digging tools.
Palestinian sources allege soldiers aided settlers, but a military spokesperson says troops did not interfere.

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UN Condemns Exhumation

The United Nations Human Rights Office called the forced exhumation of a Palestinian grave “appalling,” citing systemic dehumanisation.
Settlers forced the Asasa family to exhume Hussein Asasa’s West Bank grave, prompting family to rebury him in a cemetery.
UN human-rights chief Ajith Sunghay said the case shows dehumanisation of Palestinians, alive or dead.
Amnesty International warned impunity enables Israel’s illegal annexation and settlement expansion in occupied West Bank.

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Settlers Exhume Grave

Settlers from the Sha-Nur settlement began digging up a newly buried Palestinian grave, prompting Israeli forces to immediately intervene.
A Palestinian family buried an elderly relative near Sha-Nur in the West Bank, then moved remains to a nearby village.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed settlers removed the body and soldiers seized settlers’ digging tools.
Palestinian sources allege soldiers aided settlers, but a military spokesperson says troops did not interfere.

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