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Clashes as Israeli forces escort hundreds of settlers to Joseph's Tomb
NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Hundreds of right-wing Israeli settlers under heavy military escort visited at Joseph's Tomb near Balata refugee camp east of Nablus early Thursday morning.Palestinian security sources told a Ma'an reporter that more than 30 Israeli military vehicles escorted ten settler buses to the site at dawn.
The settlers performed religious rites throughout the early morning hours.
A group of young Palestinian men gathered in the area hurling stones and empty bottles at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
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