Violent clashes broke out on Monday night between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in the eastern area of Nablus city before hundreds of Jewish settlers flocked to the area to perform rituals at Joseph’s Tomb.
Local sources said that dozens of young men blocked roads in the eastern area with rocks and burning tires and confronted Israeli soldiers and their patrol vehicles by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at them.
They added that the skirmishes escalated after more Israel troops aboard military vehicles including a bulldozer stormed the eastern area of Nablus and spread through its streets in order to provide protection for buses and cars carrying hundreds of settlers.
Eyewitnesses said that hundreds of settlers aboard buses and cars gathered at first at the Beit Furik checkpoint in the east of the city before heading for the area where Joseph’s Tomb is located after the bulldozer and troops cleared the way for them.
They added that the settlers were dancing singing and screaming loudly and hysterically at Joseph’s Tomb for long hours causing a disturbance to local residents.
During the events the Israeli forces opened fire at the youths and showered them with tear gas grenades but there was no information about casualties.