Violent clashes broke out at dawn Thursday after a large number of Israeli troops stormed Joseph’s Tomb in the eastern district of Nablus city.
Eyewitnesses reported that about 10 military vehicles carrying soldiers and one bus carrying Israeli construction workers stormed the mausoleum at around 01:00 am in order to renovate the site.
Consequently skirmishes between local young men and Israeli soldiers broke out in the area around the shrine before it escalated and expanded to the nearby town of Balata al-Balad Amman street and the northern outskirts of Balata refugee camp.
At about 03:30 am the Israeli occupation forces withdrew to the Beit Furik military barrier east of Nablus city.
According to local sources the Palestinian Authority is the only party responsible for conducting renovation works at Joseph’s Tomb.
