A suspected terrorist attack in East Jerusalem on Wednesday morning has injured three people seriously. The attack came in the form of a car driver deliberately ramming several pedestrians just hours after protests had erupted at the most holiest site in Jerusalem - The Temple Mount.
The suspect in the car was shot dead by security officials and the Temple Mount was closed to tourists and visitors alike. The shrine - known as al-Haram al-Sharif to Muslim worshippers - was the scene of earlier protests by around 100 Palestinians. In fact, there has been a great deal of tension building up since a right-wing Jewish activist was seriously wounded in a shooting.
Rabbi Glick wants Jews to be able to prey at the site. But the al-Aqsa Mosque (which is located inside Temple Mount) is one of the most preserved sites to the Islamic culture on the planet. The protests on Wednesday morning did turn rather ugly at one point with several police officers being wounded by fireworks. The police responded with stun grenades but did not make any arrests.
Last week, the main suspect in the shooting of Rabbi Glick was gunned down by Israeli police after they surrounded his home in East Jerusalem. Moataz Hejazi, a 31-year old Palestinian shot at officers who had arrived to arrest him and the police returned fire killing the suspect. Palestinians took to the streets to protest about the enforced closure of the holy site (pictured above) since Thursday. Generally there has been much unrest since June in East Jerusalem as the Palestinian population are still angry with the Israeli authorities for the latest attacks in the Gaza province this summer.
The suspect in the car was shot dead by security officials and the Temple Mount was closed to tourists and visitors alike. The shrine - known as al-Haram al-Sharif to Muslim worshippers - was the scene of earlier protests by around 100 Palestinians. In fact, there has been a great deal of tension building up since a right-wing Jewish activist was seriously wounded in a shooting.
Rabbi Glick wants Jews to be able to prey at the site. But the al-Aqsa Mosque (which is located inside Temple Mount) is one of the most preserved sites to the Islamic culture on the planet. The protests on Wednesday morning did turn rather ugly at one point with several police officers being wounded by fireworks. The police responded with stun grenades but did not make any arrests.
Last week, the main suspect in the shooting of Rabbi Glick was gunned down by Israeli police after they surrounded his home in East Jerusalem. Moataz Hejazi, a 31-year old Palestinian shot at officers who had arrived to arrest him and the police returned fire killing the suspect. Palestinians took to the streets to protest about the enforced closure of the holy site (pictured above) since Thursday. Generally there has been much unrest since June in East Jerusalem as the Palestinian population are still angry with the Israeli authorities for the latest attacks in the Gaza province this summer.
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