Local sources reported three youths were shot and injured with rubber bullets, one of them in the face, while others suffered breathing problems as clashes broke out in Nablus.

The clashes erupted when ZOF soldiers stormed the city in large numbers with the aim of providing protection to a number of buses with dozens of settlers on board, on their way to Joseph Tomb religious site.

In Tulkarem, dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation after the ZOF fired tear gas canisters at dozens of Palestinian vehicles at the Kafriyat road, south of the city.

Palestinian drivers were forced to take alternative roads after ZOF troops blocked the main road in both directions.

In another development, a group of settlers uprooted nearly 110 olive seedlings in Burqa town to the north west of Nablus city.

Meanwhile, the ZOF arrested a Palestinian in al-Khalil for allegedly infiltrating into a nearby illegal Jewish settlement.

ZOF soldiers also carried out a large-scale search campaign in Emmanuel settlement, illegally built northwest of Salfit, for fear of an infiltration operation. (ILKHA)