- Three Israelis and dozens of Palestinians injured in overnight clashes.
- Militants opened fire on a Jewish pilgrimage to a shrine in the occupied West Bank.
- Tomb is a flashpoint for violence in the West Bank, and revered as a holy site by some Muslims.
Three Israelis and dozens of Palestinians were injured in overnight clashes after militants opened fire on a Jewish pilgrimage to a shrine in the occupied West Bank, According to the army.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated 64 injured Palestinians, the majority of whom were affected by tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli army “escorted the entrance of hundreds of worshippers to Joseph’s Tomb in the city of Nablus. During the event, heavy fire was shot at the worshippers by Palestinian gunmen,” it said in a statement.
Two pilgrims and a commander of the army’s Shomron Brigade were injured, the statement said.
The tomb, which is believed by some to be the last resting place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, is a flashpoint for violence in the West Bank, and revered as a holy site by some Muslims.
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