Published : 12-06-2022
Residents of Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees said the local cemetery has been ravaged and headstones stolen by anonymous gangsters.
A resident said he reached out to the police station but the thieves have not been caught so far.
The residents held local authorities and the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) responsible for the increasing assaults on the cemetery and called for urgent reconstruction.
Prior to the conflict, the cemetery had been used as a children’s park before it was turned into a graveyard for war victims.
In 2012, the residents were forced to bury their deceased relatives in the playground after they failed to reach the local cemetery due to heavy shelling and deadly shootouts.
On July 27, 2012, the war machinery claimed the lives of dozens of civilians. Their bodies were all buried overnight in a collective pit dug in the playground. The area has become known as the “Martyrs’ Cemetery”.
Residents of Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees said the local cemetery has been ravaged and headstones stolen by anonymous gangsters.
A resident said he reached out to the police station but the thieves have not been caught so far.
The residents held local authorities and the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) responsible for the increasing assaults on the cemetery and called for urgent reconstruction.
Prior to the conflict, the cemetery had been used as a children’s park before it was turned into a graveyard for war victims.
In 2012, the residents were forced to bury their deceased relatives in the playground after they failed to reach the local cemetery due to heavy shelling and deadly shootouts.
On July 27, 2012, the war machinery claimed the lives of dozens of civilians. Their bodies were all buried overnight in a collective pit dug in the playground. The area has become known as the “Martyrs’ Cemetery”.
