The Israeli occupation army announced that the commander of the Samaria Brigade in the West Bank, Colonel Roi Zvig, and two settlers were injured in the clashes that took place around Joseph's Tomb last night.
The army said in a tweet that the three were wounded after Palestinian gunmen opened heavy fire from machine guns at the army forces, who were securing the entry of hundreds of settlers to the tomb, which is considered sacred by Jews in order to perform prayers.
The occupation army indicated that it had to evacuate the settlers from the place immediately.
The soldiers of the occupation army, who secured the settlers' entry to the place under full Palestinian security control since 2000, responded by firing a barrage of fire and tear gas at the Palestinians, causing a number of injuries.
No Palestinian group immediately claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Jewish settlers frequently storm Joseph's Tomb, in the city of Nablus, under the guard of the occupation army, to perform religious rituals, believing that it is the tomb of Prophet Joseph, peace be upon him.
The Palestinians deny that this is true, and say that the tomb is no more than 200 years old, and that it belongs to a Muslim man who inhabited the area in the past, named Youssef Dweikat.