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Iran admits at least 3,000 killed in protest crackdown, UN dismayed by 'horrific violence'

"This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard," Volker Turk said.

Mourners carry a coffin during a funeral procession for members of security forces and civilians said to be killed in protests on Sunday, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab from a video released on January 11, 2026.
Four young suspects were arrested on Sunday night on suspicion of vandalizing headstones and causing damage to a cemetery in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Four arrested for vandalism, destruction of cemetery near Old City

A four-wheeled canopy wagon was recovered from the Lchashen cemetery near Lake Sevan, December 29, 2025.

Bronze Age ‘covered wagon’ emerges as Armenia’s best-preserved ancient vehicle

Tombstones at the Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street in Warsaw, Poland.

Warsaw Jewish cemetery director fired after clashing with state-funded heritage group


Bow, horn plate, a silver hair ring: 10th century female warrior tomb found in Hungary

Researchers identified the first known female burial mound in the Carpathian Basin from this period.

 Bow, horn plate, a silver hair ring: 10th century female warrior tomb found in Hungary.

Massive Viking-era cemetery excavated, reveals 50-meter ship-shaped stone

The discovery includes at least 139 graves and burial mounds dating back more than 1,200 years.

 A massive Viking-era cemetery near the village of Tvååker.

Upper Galilee: A modern crisis echoes 1920's struggles - opinion

Upper Galilee faces a crisis echoing 1920, marked by isolation and danger. This article explores the historical parallels and calls for urgent renewal.

 THE LION statue in the Tel Hai cemetery, above the mass grave of fallen pioneers, is a symbol of the courage and strength that the pioneers possessed in 1920, and which we need today in order to return to Galilee, the writer states.

Caring for the graves of Jewish WWII soldiers, 80 years on 

Operation Benjamin: making sure the graves of Jewish American GIs who fell in World War II are properly marked.

 DR. STEWART SADOWSKY and Dr. Samantha Baskind lower the casket of First Lt. Nathan Baskind into the grave, overseen by Normandy American Cemetery superintendent Scott Desjardins.

MKs propose bill to enable burial of terror victims ‘lacking religion’ in Jewish plots

According to the bill, terrorists do not differentiate between these and other Israelis, and their families should therefore be allowed to bury their loved ones alongside Jews.

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives

Jewish cemetery in Montreal desecrated with stone Nazi swastikas

Hampstead mayor Jeremy Levi condemned the Kehal Israel cemetery memorial park's vandalism, in which the stones traditionally placed on graves out of respect and to mark a visit were misappropriated. 

  Montreal, Canada /

Nearly 200 Jewish gravestones vandalized in Ohio

The JCGC and federation called for those seeking to help to donate to the JCGC’s monument repair fund. 

 Beth Abraham Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.

Religious services minister: Northern burial services preparing for a 'major scenario'

Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli also rejected the idea that Shas would topple a right-wing government it had done everything to create.

 Sgt. Maj. (res.) Eliran Mizrahi's funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on June 13, 2024

'Sick massacre:' Three family members are butchered in Nazareth murder-suicide

A shooter in Nazareth targets family members before committing suicide, leaving three dead and others injured. Police view it as a family conflict, not criminal activity.

 Nazareth, Galilee region with the Basilica of Annunciation on background.

Israel owes David Ben Avraham a Jewish burial - editorial

Despite his conversion not being recognized, this man persevered through so much grief in his life and deserves the chance to be buried next to people of his chosen faith.

Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem