Europe News Desk!!! Several Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli troops on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinian and Israeli sources gave this information. Palestinian security sources told Xinhua news agency on Wednesday that clashes broke out between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops, who closed main roads in the city to transport dozens of Israeli residents to Joseph’s Tomb, a holy flashpoint site in Nablus. Dozens of stone-pelting protesters clashed with Israeli troops, who fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse them. Palestinian witnesses said that later Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers opened fire near the tomb.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that one Palestinian was seriously wounded by the bullet, seven others were wounded by rubber bullets. An Israeli army spokesman confirmed in a press statement that the Israeli army and security forces ensured the arrival of Israeli worshipers at Joseph’s Tomb, and that Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Israeli forces, Xinhua news agency reported. . The armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement said in a statement that its members targeted Israeli forces near the tomb.
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