Early Tuesday morning, several Palestinians sustained injuries following an invasion by Israeli forces and colonizers in the Joseph’s Tomb area in the eastern part of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.
Amid Ahmad, Director of the Red Crescent’s Emergency Department in Nablus, said that paramedics treated one individual for burns, another for injuries caused by falling from a high place, and several others for inhaling toxic gas.
Ahmad added that among them was a 60-year-old man; all were transferred to hospital for medical care.
Local sources indicated that Israeli military vehicles invaded the eastern area of the city through the Hawara, Awarta, and Beit Furik military roadblocks.
The invasion was accompanied by heavy deployment of toxic and stun gas to secure the arrival of colonizers performing Talmudic rituals at the site.
Joseph Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans revere the patriarch alike, however, the Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized visits, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.
Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews constantly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious figure.
The site commonly referred to as “Joseph’s Tomb” is a relatively recent structure dating back to the Ottoman period. Erected in 1904, it was dedicated to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a revered Islamic scholar known for teaching in the Nablus area.
Following his passing, Ottoman officials honored his legacy by establishing a shrine bearing his name.
For generations, Palestinian villagers, particularly among Sufi communities, considered the shrine a sacred place for spiritual devotion. The Tomb is officially registered with the Palestinian Islamic Waqf and Endowment Department.
On Monday, a group of colonizers poisoned several sheep belonging to Palestinian farmer Mohammad Hassan Hreizat in the Shallal al-Awja Bedouin enclave north of Jericho in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.
These incidents follow a series of violent assaults conducted by Israeli colonizers across the occupied West Bank.
The colonizers attacked homes and agricultural lands in Jalud, Qabalan, Aqraba, and Osarin, villages surrounding Nablus, using Molotov cocktails, and attempting to seize property. Israeli forces also invaded Burqa village, forcibly shutting down shops.
Violations by the colonizers have escalated dramatically in 2025, with over 2,150 documented assaults, including armed invasions, arson, live fire against civilians, and land theft.
According to the monthly report released Monday by the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Israeli authorities conducted 75 demolitions in July alone, destroying 122 structures.
These included 60 inhabited homes, 11 uninhabited ones, 22 agricultural facilities, and 26 sources of livelihood, most concentrated in the governorates of Jerusalem (53 structures), Ramallah (22), and Bethlehem (18).
All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory.”
On Monday morning, the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs informed the Ministry of Health this morning of the death of 33-year-old Yousef Emad Ibrahim Al-Amer, who was killed by Israeli soldiers in the town of Qabatia town, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.
In related news, The Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society have announced the death of Ahmad Sa’id Saleh Tazaz’a, a 20-year-old administrative detainee from Jenin, who passed away in Megiddo Prison after being held there since May 6, 2025, without charges or trial.
On Saturday evening, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers and occupation forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, Mo’in Sobhi Mohammad Asfar, 23 and wounded eight others, after invading the town of Aqraba, southeast of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces and colonizers have killed 194 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 37 children and 6 women.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces and colonizers have killed 1,029 Palestinians (30 killed by the soldiers), including 210 children, 22 women, 1 journalist and 2 medics, in the occupied West Bank.
