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Article: Six fall in battle for Joseph's Tomb
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- Jerusalem Post
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- September 27, 1996
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ARIEH O'SULLIVAN
Jerusalem Post
09-27-1996
HUNDREDS of Palestinian policemen and armed demonstrators stormed Joseph's Tomb in Nablus yesterday, killing six soldiers and wounding eight others. They ransacked parts of the adjacent yeshiva, and then reportedly protected the Israeli soldiers like prisoners of war.
The IDF rushed an armored column to the outskirts of the city, but refrained from moving tanks into the Palestinian-controlled territory.
At one point, the IDF district brigade commander led a force that broke through to the 42 soldiers trapped inside the yeshiva, but the force suffered heavy casualties in the attempt.
"There was a riot at Joseph's Tomb which turned into a real battle," ...