JENIN, May 8, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Friday evening compelled residents of al-'Asa'asa village in the Jenin governorate to exhume the body of a deceased relative from his grave, according to local sources.

Sources said that colonists began digging up the grave of a Palestinian man who had been buried earlier in the day in the village cemetery in an attempt to remove his body. Israeli occupation forces later arrived and forced the family to exhume the body and rebury it elsewhere, under the pretext that the cemetery is located near the illegal Tarsala colony.

Last April, Israeli occupation authorities allowed colonists to return to the Tarsala colony, illegally built on lands belonging to the town of Jaba’, after it had been evacuated in 2005.

Since then, colonists and Israeli forces have carried out daily raids into the towns of Jaba’ and Silat al-Dhahr, harassing and terrorizing residents.

Israeli forces had also issued demolition notices against several commercial shops owned by residents of Jaba’ along the Jenin–Nablus Road, under the pretext of their proximity to the colony.

Meanwhile, colonists attacked the outskirts of the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, leading to confrontations with local residents who confronted them, according to local sources.

T.R.