Israeli settlers violate Joseph's Tomb under protection

Hundreds of Israeli settlers entered Palestinian Authority territory on Thursday with Israeli Army protection and violated the Joseph's Tomb area in the heart of Nablus, northern West Bank.Palestinian sources said the settlers were supported by 50 military vehicle carrying hundreds of soldiers. They started performing Jewish rites and provoking Palestinians upon their entry, which drove a number of young Palestinians to set fire to car tyres. The Israeli soldiers responded to this with firing gas and concusion bombs at the Palestinians.Joseph's Tomb, known to the Arabs as Qabr Yoused, is a funerary monument on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus and has been venerated throughout the ages by Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims alike.Throughout the ages, different groups fought to gain control over the site, and the most recent disputes are those between the Jew settelrs and extremists and the Muslims since the signing of the Oslo Accords, which put it under the authority of the Palestinian Authority.