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

In the West Bank, a Palestinian family was forced to exhume the body of an 80-year-old relative, Hussein Asasa, just hours after his burial. The family had coordinated the burial with the Israeli military in their village cemetery. However, armed settlers from a nearby settlement, Sa-Nur, arrived and claimed the land was theirs, threatening to dig up the grave. The family complied with the settlers' demands to exhume the body, with the Israeli military present. This incident highlights the growing influence of settlers and challenges faced by Palestinians in the region.

In the West Bank village of Asasa, near Jenin, Jewish settlers reportedly attempted to dig up the freshly buried grave of 80-year-old Hussein Asasa shortly after his funeral. Mohammed Asasa, the deceased's son, stated that he had obtained permission from an Israeli military base for the burial. He and his brothers intervened as settlers, some armed, were using tools to break into the grave, fearing the body would be removed. The UN human rights office condemned the incident, calling it "appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians." Locals attribute the incident to rising tensions following the re-establishment of the nearby settlement of Sa-Nur.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers, reportedly with military presence, forced a Palestinian family to exhume and rebury their deceased father, Hussein Asasa. The family had buried the 80-year-old man in their village cemetery near Jenin after coordinating with Israeli security forces. Settlers claimed the burial site was on land designated for an Israeli settlement and threatened to use a bulldozer if the family did not comply. The United Nations condemned the incident as "appalling and dehumanising." The Israeli military denied instructing the family to rebury the body, stating soldiers were present to prevent further conflict and confiscated digging tools from settlers. The family ultimately reburied their father in a different cemetery.