Palestinians torched a holy site revered by Jews in the West Bank city of Nablus overnight, Israeli's military and Palestinian security sources said Friday, after more than two weeks of unrest.

They said the fire started with Molotov cocktails at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, the site of regular clashes in past years, had been extinguished.

Many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.