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Palestinians now have to obtain Israeli permits to bury their dead there.
The Assasa family did this to later arrest their elderly father, Hussein, on Friday.
But only hours later, settlers forced the family to exhume Hussein's body, claiming the grave was too close to the settlement.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment, but told Israeli media that it had intervened after friction between Palestinians and Israeli civilians and said the incident was under review.
Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The cemetery where the Assasa family has buried their dead for generations, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, now lies only some 300 meters from an Israeli settlement that was re-established there last year.
Palestinians now have to obtain Israeli permits to bury their dead there.
The Assasa family did this to later arrest their elderly father, Hussein, on Friday.
But only hours later, settlers forced the family to exhume Hussein's body, claiming the grave was too close to the settlement.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment, but told Israeli media that it had intervened after friction between Palestinians and Israeli civilians.
The cemetery where the Assasa family has buried their dead for generations, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, now lies only some 300 metres from an Israeli settlement that was re-established there last year.
Palestinians now have to obtain Israeli permits to bury their dead there.
The Assasa family did this to later arrest their elderly father, Hussein, on Friday.
But only hours later, settlers forced the family to exhume Hussein's body, claiming the grave was too close to the settlement.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment, but told Israeli media that it had intervened after friction between Palestinians and Israeli civilians and said the incident was under review.
Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The cemetery where the Assasa family has buried their dead for generations, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, now lies only some 300 meters from an Israeli settlement that was re-established there last year.
Palestinians now have to obtain Israeli permits to bury their dead there.
The Assasa family did this to later arrest their elderly father, Hussein, on Friday.