NABLUS, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the eastern neighborhood of Nablus City in the northern West Bank, forcing residents of buildings to evacuate before hordes of settlers visited Joseph’s Tomb late Monday night.
Local sources reported that a large number of Israeli troops, accompanied by a military bulldozer, entered the eastern area of the city, coming from the checkpoints of Awarta, Huwara, and Beit Furik.
The sources added Israeli soldiers raided two apartment buildings, ordering residents to evacuate immediately before using them as watchtowers to guard dozens of settlers who flocked to Joseph’s Tomb.
Israeli troops and settlers storm almost every week the eastern area of Nablus to perform rituals at the tomb, which they think is the resting-place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, while locals and Palestinian historians affirm that the grave belongs to a local medieval Muslim sheikh called Yousef al-Duweik.
