Palestinian mob sets fire to Jewish holy site; Israeli soldier stabbed
Tomb of Joseph after being set ablaze. (Photo courtesy Twitter/@LTCPeterLerner)
JERUSALEM: Palestinian rioters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank set fire to a Jewish shrine near Nablus and an Israeli soldier near Hebron was stabbed on Friday as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of violence.
Israel's military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph in the northern part of the West Bank and set parts of it ablaze before Palestinian security forces arrived and pushed them back.
Hours later, a Palestinian posing as a journalist wounded an Israeli soldier with a knife before being shot dead, the Israeli military added. That attack took place near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied territory.
Israel's military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph in the northern part of the West Bank and set parts of it ablaze before Palestinian security forces arrived and pushed them back.
Hours later, a Palestinian posing as a journalist wounded an Israeli soldier with a knife before being shot dead, the Israeli military added. That attack took place near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied territory.
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