{"id":100840,"date":"2023-11-15T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100840"},"modified":"2023-11-15T13:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:28:43","slug":"gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gaza cemetery containing more than 3,000 graves of British and Commonwealth servicemen killed during First World War is damaged in the latest Israel-Hamas fighting<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A Palestinian family who have cared for the graves have fled for survival<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A cemetery in Gaza where more than 3,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen killed in the First World War are buried has been damaged in the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>With the conflict still raging, a Remembrance Sunday event planned for the Gaza War Cemetery, which is run by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CGWC), has been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Members of a Palestinian family who have cared for the beautiful gardens and graves of the fallen there since 1948 have fled for survival.<\/p>\n<p>When the Mail visited the cemetery in 2019, to report on the work of newly-appointed head gardener Ibrahim Jaradah, who was born in the cemetery lodge and was then 27, it was an oasis of calm surrounded by ruin and armed check points.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, Ibrahim told our reporter: \u2018Everyone is equal here. We take care of them all, regardless of their religion or politics.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/13\/77506225-12720727-image-a-1_1699365227622.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A cemetery in Gaza where more than 3,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen killed in the First World War are buried has been damaged in the Israel-Hamas war<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/13\/77506221-12720727-image-a-2_1699365233533.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The headstone of Rifleman Goodfriend, a Jewish man buried in the Gaza cemetary<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/14\/77506193-12720727-image-a-10_1699366923189.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The war graves are cared for by Ibrahim Jaradah and his father Eassam<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/13\/77506217-12720727-image-a-4_1699365313958.jpg\" height=\"397\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Down the decades and against all odds, each generation of the Jaradahs preserved the dignity of the cemetery<\/p>\n<p>This year marked exactly a century since his great-grandfather, Rabie, began work as a head gardener role for the Commonwealth (then Imperial) War Graves Commission at Beersheba War Cemetery, 47 miles south west of Jerusalem. The family moved to Gaza in 1948 and then took on responsibility for the Gaza cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Down the decades and against all odds, each generation of the Jaradahs preserved the dignity of the cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Then suddenly, early in October, even Ibrahim\u2019s resolve was broken after hostilities escalated.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail has tracked down Ibrahim, now 32, and his young family in Khan Younis in southern Gaza where residents had been told to flee by Israel. With his wife, Rasha, daughter Maria, aged five and son Essam, three, they managed to find somewhere to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the phone between air strikes and power cuts, Ibrahim said: \u2018We are trying to keep smiling for the sake of the children, but we are not safe. Our neighbours have lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We had just finished a big maintenance at the cemetery. On Remembrance Days in the past, officials and ambassadors would come to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Now we have no idea of the state of the cemetery. Even if it was not directly targeted, it\u2019s certain to have suffered bomb damage. It\u2019s very worrying. But of course we still hope to return one day and resume our work.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bordered by delicate alpine flowers, the graves were immaculate. There are 3,217 from the First World War. Of these, 781 are unidentified and bear the inscription: \u2018A Soldier of the Great War, known unto God\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/13\/77506185-12720727-image-a-5_1699365321494.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Second Lieutenant Stanley Boughey who was killed in 1917 and buried in the cemetary<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/13\/77506207-12720727-image-a-6_1699365333483.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stanley Boughey&#8217;s headstone rests in the Gaza enclave<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/13\/77506197-12720727-image-a-7_1699365339547.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Previously, Gaza War Cemetery has been hit three times in the last decade, with nearly 300 headstones damaged on one occasion<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/13\/77506179-12720727-image-a-8_1699365342600.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Often working and watering through the night because of power cuts, Ibrahim preserved all these men\u2019s memory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/14\/77506215-12720727-image-a-9_1699365673707.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An outside view of the cemetery walls<\/p>\n<p>Among the ranks of headstones is Second Lieutenant Stanley Boughey VC, who died, aged 21, bravely attacking Ottoman Army positions in 1917. His grave carries the epitaph: \u2018The blood of heroes is the seed of freedom.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>His grave is a few paces from those of Jewish soldiers, their headstones carved with the Star of David, who also died fighting for British regiments. A short distance away, there are 210 graves from the Second World War. There are also 30 post war burials and 234 war graves of other nationalities.<\/p>\n<p>Often working and watering through the night because of power cuts, Ibrahim preserved all these men\u2019s memory. He said: \u2018The cemetery is more important to us than rest or sleep. It touches our hearts. This is our garden rather than our work.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim and his men became skilled mechanics, keeping old garden machinery working because it was so hard to get new parts across the border. They also carefully propagated their own plants in two small greenhouses.<\/p>\n<p>The extent of the damage to the cemetery has not been made public. Previously, Gaza War Cemetery has been hit three times in the last decade, with nearly 300 headstones damaged on one occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday a CWGC spokesman said: \u2018The CWGC is concerned by the recent damage at the Gaza War Cemetery. We are monitoring the situation closely and are working to support all our dedicated colleagues and their families in the region. Their safety remains our foremost concern.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12720727\/Gaza-cemetery-containing-3-000-graves-British-Commonwealth-servicemen-killed-World-War-damaged-latest-Israel-Hamas-fighting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza cemetery containing more than 3,000 graves of British and Commonwealth servicemen killed during First World War is damaged in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war - Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gaza cemetery containing more than 3,000 graves of British and Commonwealth servicemen killed during First World War is damaged in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-15T13:28:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-British-servicemen-damaged-in-war.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/\",\"name\":\"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war - Celebrity Cover News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-15T13:28:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-15T13:28:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/category\/world-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrity Cover News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war - Celebrity Cover News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war - Celebrity Cover News","og_description":"Gaza cemetery containing more than 3,000 graves of British and Commonwealth servicemen killed during First World War is damaged in","og_url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/","og_site_name":"Celebrity Cover News","article_published_time":"2023-11-15T13:28:43+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-British-servicemen-damaged-in-war.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/","url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/","name":"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war - Celebrity Cover News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-15T13:28:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-15T13:28:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/gaza-cemetery-with-3000-graves-of-british-servicemen-damaged-in-war\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World News","item":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/category\/world-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gaza cemetery with 3,000 graves of British servicemen damaged in war"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/","name":"Celebrity Cover News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}