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AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Jewish settlers, escorted by Israeli occupation forces, burst into and desecrated a graveyard north of Al-Khalil on Friday and performed Talmudic rituals in it.

Eyewitnesses said that tens of armed settlers forced their way into the Islamic burial ground in Khirbat Jala west of Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil and offered prayers.

They pointed out that the settlers were roaming nearby areas while carrying maps, adding that the settlers were looking for water springs and wells.

The IOF soldiers, for their part, arrested three Palestinians in Al-Khalil district on Friday.