Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume father’s body in West Bank

Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume father’s body in West Bank Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 05/09/2026 - 13:36 Under military protection, settlers threw stones as a grieving family was forced to remove their father’s remains for reburial elsewhere Settlers said the grave was too close to the recently re-established settlement of Sa-Nur near Jenin, despite the family having obtained permits to bury him there (X/screengrab) Off Israeli settlers forced a Palestinian family on Friday to exhume their father's body from a cemetery in the occupied West Bank. The settlers said the grave was too close to the recently re-established settlement of Sa-Nur, near Jenin, located around 300m from the burial site. This was despite the family of Hussein Asasa reportedly obtaining the necessary Israeli permits to bury him there.