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"Israeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war
graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the
first and second world wars, satellite imagery and witness testimony reveal.
Satellite imagery of the Gaza war cemetery in al-Tuffah, a district of Gaza
City, shows extensive earthworks in the southernmost corner of the graveyard.
Bomb craters can be seen around the cemetery, but in this area the destruction
appears to have been more systematic.
Rows of gravestones have been removed, the topsoil has been churned up and a
substantial earth berm can be seen running across the middle of the affected
area. It is of a size that suggests the use of heavy equipment.
There was no sign of the earthworks in March last year, but they are clearly
visible in a satellite picture from 8 August. The disturbed area is even more
apparent in an image of the cemetery from 13 December. Vegetation has regrown
among the ranks of gravestones covering the rest of the cemetery, but the
southwestern corner remains bare, with the earth berm casting a substantial
shadow over the sandy soil.
Essam Jaradah, the graveyard’s former caretaker, whose home is close by, said:
“Two bulldozing operations took place at the cemetery. The first bulldozing
occurred outside the cemetery walls, extending approximately 12 metres around
all sides of the cemetery. These areas were entirely planted with olive trees.
“Later on, an area of slightly less than 1 dunum [1,000 sq metres] was
bulldozed inside the cemetery walls, specifically in the corner of the
cemetery, which contains graves of Australian soldiers. The bulldozing covered
the area from the bench where foreign visitors used to sit up to the memorial
monument. Bulldozers also created sand mounds that were used as earth barriers.
“I witnessed this bulldozing after the Israeli army withdrew from the area,
around late April or early May.”"
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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