Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed at dawn on Wednesday, the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and performed religious rituals in Youssef's Tomb under the protection of the Israeli army.
Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military vehicles stormed the eastern part of Nablus, and headed towards Yussef’s tomb to secure the entry of buses and cars carrying hundreds of Jewish settlers who came to perform religious Talmudic rituals.
The sources added that clashes have erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in the area surrounding the Youssef's Tomb, where the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas against Palestinian houses in the area. Many injuries were reported among the residents who threw stones and empty bottles as a response to their provocation.
It should be noted that the Israeli settlers have repeatedly stormed the Tomb which was an Islamic mosque built over a tomb of an Islamic Sheikh named Youssef Dweikat from the town of Balata. It was seized by Israeli settlers just after the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 under the pretext that it contains Tomb of Prophet Youssef.
