Settlers force Palestinians to move body claiming it was buried too close to settlement, as IDF troops stand by

Israeli settlers forced Palestinians to move a body from a freshly dug grave to another location after claiming it was buried too close to an Israeli settlement, all while troops stood by.

The incident took place yesterday near the newly re-established West Bank settlement of Sa-Nur.

According to the IDF, the funeral held by the Palestinians near Sa-Nur had been coordinated in advance with the military.

Despite this, a number of settlers from Sa-Nur arrived at the location shortly after with digging tools and began to exhume the body. The Palestinians then returned to the gravesite, and the settlers demanded that they take the body out of the grave and move it elsewhere, claiming that it was too close to the settlement.

The IDF says that troops were “dispatched to the cemetery following a report of friction between Israeli civilians who were digging in the ground at the site, and Palestinians.”

The army says the troops “confiscated digging tools from the Israelis and remained at the location to prevent further friction.”

Footage posted online shows soldiers standing by as the Palestinians carried the body to another location.

The IDF says that it “condemns any attempt to act in a manner that harms public order, the rule of law, and the dignity of the living and the dead.”

“The issue of coordinating the funeral and the management of the incident will be investigated by the commanders, and lessons will be learned accordingly,” the army adds.

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