Palestinians have torched a Jewish holy site in the west Bank city of Nablus,amidst rising tensions with Israel.
Rioters set fire to a tomb revered as that of the
biblical figure Joseph. The site, where Jews go to
pray, was badly damaged.
It came hours after Israeli PM Benjamin
Netanyahu called on the Palestinian leadership to
stop a wave of attacks.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas condemned
the arson and said the site would be repaired.
Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, a
Palestinian disguised as a news photographer
stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli
soldier, the Israeli military said.
It said the Palestinian attacker was shot dead in
the incident in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat
Arba, next to Hebron.
Violence between the two sides has spiralled, with
near-daily stabbings by Palestinians of Israelis
this month.
Seven Israelis have been killed and dozens
wounded in the stabbings and some gun attacks.
At least 30 Palestinians, including several of the
attackers, have been killed in the growing unrest.
The upsurge began last month when tensions at
a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by
Jews and Muslims boiled over amid rumours
Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to
increase Jewish rights at the complex. Israel has
repeatedly denied such claims.
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