More criminal acts by Israel – Peter
Australia has pledged to restore the graves of its war dead in Gaza after satellite imagery revealed parts of a Commonwealth cemetery containing Anzac burials had been bulldozed during Israeli military operations over the past two years.
More than 250 Australian servicemen are buried at the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza City’s al-Tuffah district, most of them light horsemen killed during World War I. While most of the cemetery’s more than 3600 graves belong to British soldiers, satellite images show the most extensive destruction has occurred in areas containing Australian graves from World War II.
Images taken over the past year show rows of headstones removed, soil heavily disturbed and a substantial earth berm running through sections of the cemetery. The Guardian reported experts and witness testimony that said the scale and pattern of the damage suggests the use of heavy machinery rather than incidental destruction from nearby shelling.
A Department of Veterans’ Affairs spokesperson said there had been “significant damage” to the cemetery, which “includes the graves of Australians”.
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