Violent clashes broke out last night in Nablus city after Israeli soldiers and employees from the antiquities authority stormed archaeological areas.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers were deployed in Tal Balata area the eastern district of the city and al-Shuhada junction.
They added that the soldiers clashed with local young men and violently attacked them with volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in the areas of Ras al-Ein and al-Basha in the Old City of Nablus.
They also said that a young man from al-Zarba family was arrested near the Western Cemetery.
In a separate incident Israeli troops stormed on the same day Qaryut town south of Nablus and threatened residents in the western neighborhood of taking punitive measures against them if they did not remove Palestinian flags from street light poles.
