The Israeli Army Raids Nablus and Forces Residents to Evacuate in Preparation for Settlers' Raid

The Israeli army raided the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank occupied territory late Monday evening, forcing residents of residential buildings to evacuate.

Large forces from the occupation army, accompanied by a military bulldozer, raided the eastern area of the city, coming from the Orta, Hawara, and Beit Furik checkpoints.

It added that the army's raid comes "in preparation for settlers raiding the Tomb of Joseph and performing Talmudic prayers there".

The "Tomb of Joseph" is located in the eastern part of Nablus, which is under Palestinian control, and Jews consider it a holy site since Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967.

Settlers promote that the remains of the Prophet Joseph son of Jacob were brought from Egypt and buried in this place, but archaeologists have denied the validity of this narrative, saying that the age of the site does not exceed a few centuries, and it is a shrine for a Muslim sheikh named "Yusuf Dweikat".

For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced in a statement that the army forced residents of two buildings in the Dahiya area and Amman Street in the city of Nablus to evacuate them, turning them into two observation points.

Meanwhile, Palestine TV confirmed that the Israeli army deployed snipers on Amman Street, Al-Ghawi roundabout, and the Dahiya area, and "forced residents to evacuate their homes in the eastern area of Nablus to secure the settlers' raid on the Tomb of Joseph".

It added that "occupation forces prevent media crews from covering the raid on the eastern area of the city of Nablus".

Since the start of the genocide war in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have killed more than 1,103 Palestinians, injured about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

Israel began on October 8, 2023, a genocide war with American support, lasting two years, resulting in more than 71,000 Palestinian deaths, over 171,000 injured, and massive destruction affecting 90% of civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.