Anthony Albanese raises bulldozed Australian war graves with Israeli president
by Ben Doherty and Christopher Knaus from on (#73GVN)
Prime minister stresses importance of repairs to graves in Gaza being conducted as soon as possible in meeting with Isaac Herzog
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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has raised the issue of Australian war graves bulldozed by the Israeli military in Gaza directly with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog.
Dozens of Australian war graves - mostly soldiers who died in Palestine during the second world war - were bulldozed by the Israel Defense Forces across April and May last year. Satellite images show the southern corner of the Gaza Commonwealth War Cemetery being obliterated, with headstones destroyed and soil pushed by machinery into an earthen berm.
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