51 injured, including 4 children in Nablus confrontations

51 injured, including 4 children in Nablus confrontations

The Red Crescent said Thursday morning, that 51 citizens, including 4 children, were injured during the storming of hundreds of settlers Maqam Yusuf east of Nablus.

A number of Palestinian youths were wounded by the Israeli occupation forces before midnight last night in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces that stormed the eastern area of ​​Nablus to secure the storming of 1350 settlers to Yusuf´s grave to perform Talmudic rituals inside it.

Medical sources reported that three injuries arrived Rafidia hospital, including two live bullets, and a third metal bullets, all in a reassuring state, while field sources talked about other injuries were ambulance field by ambulance crews.

Yusuf´s shrine witnessed fierce clashes between the Israeli occupation forces and dozens of youths who blocked the streets with burning tires and threw stones at the occupation forces.The Israeli soldiers fired live and rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and sound bombs in every area to keep the young men away from the area and make it safe for settlers to enter.

Sources said that the clashes erupted after a force of infantry stormed the eastern region, from Mount Tur through the neighborhood of the suburb.

Israeli soldiers patrolled the town of Yousef Maqam, which is located in the middle of a densely-populated neighborhood. As a result, several civilians were injured.

Settler movements had previously announced the incursion into the shrine of Yusuf, specifying the date, time and route, and invitations were sent via social networks for settlers to participate in the incursion.