Israeli occupation authorities demolished 20 Palestinian
tombs on Sunday in Al-Yousefiyeh Cemetery near Al-Asbat Gate of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Al-Resalah news agency
reported.
The cemetery is
adjacent to the Eastern Wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The
Israeli authorities demolished the tombs, belonging to Palestinian families
from Jerusalem, claiming that they were built on lands appropriated by the
state.
Head of the
Committee for the Caring of Islamic Cemeteries in Jerusalem Mustafa Abu Zahra
strongly criticised the demolition, calling it an "aggression"
against the sanctity of dead Muslims.
Abu Zahrah
explained that the demolished tombs were recently built in the cemetery, which
belongs to the Islamic Waqf and thus Muslims do not have to get permission from
anyone to use it.
He noted that
hundreds of Palestinian Muslim martyrs are buried at the cemetery, which also
has an Islamic memorial inside of it. He said that a group of tombs that had
recently been built were being used while another group of them remained empty.
According to Abu
Zahrah, the Israeli occupation authorities destroyed both the empty tombs and
the ones being used.
sumber:www.middleeastmonitor.com
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