Hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers have stormed the site known as "Joseph's Tomb" in the northern occupied West Bank, escorted by Israeli forces, Palestinian media reported.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli forces entered eastern Nablus with dozens of military vehicles and a bulldozer to secure the incursion.
Israeli troops fired tear gas at journalists and closed roads leading to the area, the agency added.
The site lies on the eastern edge of Nablus, an area under Palestinian administrative control, and has repeatedly served as a major flashpoint for tensions.
Illegal Israeli settlers claim the site contains the remains of the biblical Joseph, brought from Egypt and buried there.
Palestinian accounts and archaeologists dispute that claim, stating that the structure is only a few centuries old and represents the tomb of a Muslim religious figure named Youssef Dweikat.
The location has been a frequent destination for illegal Israeli settlers holding religious rituals since Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967.
Despite being under Palestinian administration, the site is regularly stormed by illegal Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli forces, typically during night-time raids.
The incident comes amid an ongoing Israeli escalation across the occupied West Bank since the start of the genocide in Gaza.
Attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers have killed 1,183 Palestinians and injured more than 12,000 others across the territory, alongside the arrest of approximately 24,000 people, according to official Palestinian figures.
