**ANKARA**
Clashes erupted late Wednesday between Palestinians and Israeli forces and illegal settlers who raided the Joseph's Tomb in the eastern part of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its medical teams treated a Palestinian woman who was injured by a stun grenade in addition to others who suffered asphyxiation from Israeli teargas bombs.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the Israeli army raided several areas in eastern Nablus city to secure the raid of the illegal Israeli settlers into the Joseph's Tomb site.
Venerated by both Muslims and Jews, Joseph's Tomb has long been a flashpoint for clashes between the Palestinians and illegal Israeli settlers.
Jews believe the site to be the burial place of the biblical patriarch Joseph. Muslims, however, challenge this claim, saying an Islamic cleric – Sheikh Yussef Dawiqat – was buried at the site two centuries ago.
Since the start of the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, at least 935 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 7,000 injured in attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s longstanding occupation of Palestinian territories illegal, calling for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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