An Israeli was injured as Palestinian fighter opened fire at an Israeli bus heading for Joseph’s Tomb in the Palestinian city of Nablus overnight.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah movement, said its fighters opened fire at an Israeli bus after it infiltrated the city of Nablus and raided Joseph’s Tomb.
Machine guns were employed, achieving direct hits among the Israelis on board of the bus, Al-Aqsa Brigades announced in a statement.
#نابلس.. إطلاق نار على حافلة تحمل مستوطنين إلى “قبر يوسف” وجيش الاحتلال يدفع بتعزيزات عسكرية للمنطقة pic.twitter.com/ObBvur3Ruy
— التلفزيون العربي (@AlarabyTV) December 18, 2024
The Israeli army usually offers protection to Zionists who visit Joseph’s Tomb. Israeli media reported that the provocation, which took place on Tuesday, Wednesday night, without prior coordination” with the occupation military.
The Times of Israel cited reports as saying that the bus driver “dropped the group of 22 men at the tomb and his vehicle was attacked by Palestinian gunmen as he left the area.”
The Israeli military then “sent troops to the area to extract the pilgrims and the bus driver,” according to a statement by the occupation army.
“The men were transferred to the Israel Police for questioning,” the statement added.
Earlier in early December, Israeli occupation forces raided Joseph’s tomb and performed Talmudic rituals in the compound, in a provocative move to the Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers desecrate the holy site of prophet Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, occupied West Bank, by performing Talmudic rituals, after raiding the site to escort settlers, including Yossi Dagan, head of the Northern West Bank Settlers’ Council, and Zionist Rabbi David Yosef. pic.twitter.com/ZjjlkmR4Ty
— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) December 2, 2024
Source: Palestinian and Israeli media (edited and translated by Al-Manar English Website)
