Israel Destroys Canadian Peacekeepers' Cemetery in Gaza
CBC News found the cemetery was heavily damaged as explosions, armored vehicles and earthmoving work destroyed headstones and part of the Canadian plot.
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The cemetery in question is in the Tuffah district of Gaza City, which is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is there that 22 Canadian soldiers who died while serving in peacekeeping forces after the Suez Crisis in 1956 are buried. These were the last Canadian soldiers buried outside the country; Canada later changed its policy. The CBC based its analysis on satellite imagery, which shows that the Israeli Army (IDF) systematic…
Canadian peacekeepers' cemetery in Gaza completely destroyed, satellite imagery shows
Satellite photos and video analyzed by CBC's visual investigations team reveals the total destruction of a part of the Gaza War Cemetery that holds the remains of 22 Canadian Forces peacekeepers, including the use of high-powered explosives and heavy earthmoving equipment. Now siblings of the soldiers who were buried in Gaza in the 1960s say that their loved ones' remains — if they can still be recovered — should be brought home for burial in Canada.
The Israeli military has destroyed a cemetery in Gaza where Canadian soldiers who died serving with UN peacekeeping forces after Israel's attack on Egypt in October 1956 were buried, public broadcaster CBC reported.
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