Mohammed Asasa

Mohammed Asasa is a Palestinian man from the village of Asasa, near Jenin in the West Bank. He is newsworthy due to a recent incident where he and his family were reportedly forced by Israeli settlers, allegedly under military protection, to exhume the body of his recently deceased 80-year-old father, Hussein Asasa. Hussein Asasa had died of natural causes and was buried in accordance with Islamic tradition. The settlers' actions involved digging up the grave shortly after the burial. This event has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, which described the confrontation as "appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians." The incident highlights ongoing tensions and human rights concerns in the occupied West Bank.