Palestinians shot and killed one Israeli and two others wounded Sunday beginning near tomb of Joseph, a Jewish holy site in the Palestinian city of Nablus, Israeli military and rescue services said.
The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately obvious. An elderly man of about 30 years reaches an Israeli base outside Nablus before dying of his injuries, the army and rescue services said.
Two others, about 20 and 17, reached a Jewish settlement nearby with gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital.
Jewish worshippers often enter Nablus with a military escort located within an area to pray on the small building traditionally identified as the tomb of the biblical Patriarch, held the Palestinian. These visits are coordinated with the Palestinian security forces. Visit the Israelis Friday, however, seems to have not been coordinated with each side.
Israel Army Radio reported that the faithful identified as Palestinian police snipers.
Jibril al-Bakri, the Palestinian Governor of Nablus, said the Palestinian Authority "studied the incident internally."
A senior Palestinian official said police Palestinians seem to have been involved in the shooting. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
The Palestinian Authority governs parts of the West Bank under the control of overall security to Israel.
Nablus moved from Israeli to Palestinian control in the 1990s in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but Israel retained control on the building of the Tomb. In 2000, after deadly fighting autour Tomb, Israel military torn off and handed over control to the Palestinians. Later, a mob ransacked and torched the building.
The tomb was restored later. Recent years, through the improvement of the conditions of security in the West Bank and reinforced cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian security forces, Jewish worshippers have travelled to the grave in organized convoys.
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