Illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank damaged and destroyed dozens of tombstones in the Palestinian villages of Kisan and Rashaydeh, east of Bethlehem, on Tuesday, May 19.
According to the Wafa news agency quoted by AN, some of the tombstones belong to people who died during the British Mandate for Palestine, which lasted between 1920 and 1948.
Meanwhile, the other gravestones belong to individuals killed by Israeli forces.
Wafa reported that this incident began when the Palestinian residents of Rashaydeh prevented the burial of a child in the Kisan and Rashaydeh cemetery on Tuesday morning. The illegal settlers then damaged dozens of tombstones.
The cemetery, shared by both villages, is located about 3 km away and contains more than 2,000 graves, three water wells, and designated prayer areas.
All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law. Around 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, along with some 3 million Palestinians.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued a secret arrest warrant for Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's right-wing finance minister and a leading settler leader, for alleged forcible expulsion of Palestinians as a crime against humanity.
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