A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli forces on Thursday as confrontation erupted in the eastern area of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus after Israeli forces raided area of Joseph’s Tomb shrine (Prophet Yousuf).
Moreover, three others were injured and dozens suffocated during the confrontations.
Large reinforcement of forces stormed the eastern area in order to secure the settlers’ storming of Joseph’s Tomb shrine, and also closed Amman Street with dirt mounds, WAFA news agency reported.
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The Ministry of Health identifief the deceased as Bader al-Masri, 19.
The director of the Red Crescent Ambulance and Emergency Center in Nablus, Ahmed Jibril, said that the occupation forces prevented the ambulance from reaching a 12-day-old infant who was severely suffocated by gas in the Dahiyeh area, noting that 30 citizens suffocated.
They also used rubber-coated metal bullets on an ambulance, while it was transporting a patient near Balata refugee camp, which broke its windshield,” he said.
Reportedly, hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers stormed Joseph’s Tomb shrine under strict protection by the occupation forces.
The tomb of the Yousuf or Joseph is a common figure in the “Abrahamic” religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The site has become a new flash point of clashes.
