On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the eastern area of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank and shot a young Palestinian man.
According to media sources, several military vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded the area from the Huwwara and Awarta military roadblocks, subsequently closing multiple streets.
The army launched the invasion to secure access for several buses transporting illegal Israeli colonizers to “Joseph’s Tomb” in the city.
The incursion sparked protests, during which the soldiers shot a young man in Balata town, causing fragment injuries to his knee. Palestinian medics quickly transported him to a hospital in Nablus city.
In related news, numerous Israeli military vehicles also invaded the village of Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus. The troops closed streets and fired gas bombs, leading to multiple Palestinians suffering from tear gas inhalation.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a young man, Yousef Bisharat, from his home in Khirbet Makhoul in the occupied West Bank’s northern plains.
Joseph the patriarch is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike, however, the Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, 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 regularly 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.
