A Palestinian early Thursday was shot and injured by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted as hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Joseph Tomb, east of Nablus, said security sources.

Protected by Israeli forces, 12 buses packed with hundreds of settlers stormed Joseph Tomb, where they performed religious rituals, triggering clashes with Palestinian locals.

Israeli soldiers opened live fire at Palestinian locals who attempted to prevent settlers from storming the religious site.

Clashes reportedly erupted in Balata and 'Askar refugee camps and the vicinity of the religious site. No detentions were reported.

Settlers repeatedly break into Joseph Tomb, located in a densely Palestinian populated area in Nablus, provoking chaos and confrontation with local residents.

The site of Joseph’s Tomb is contentious. Palestinians believe the site to be the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure, while Israeli settlers believe it to belong to the Biblical Patriarch Joseph.

Source: WAFA