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Jewish activist Yehuda Glick shot and hurt in Jerusalem Jerusalem: Glick suspect killed in Israel police shoot-out
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Prominent right wing Jewish activist Yehuda Glick has been shot and seriously wounded while leaving a conference in Jerusalem, police say. Israeli police have killed a Palestinian suspected of shooting a prominent right-wing Jewish activist hours earlier in Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said that a man with an Arabic accent shot him at point blank range before fleeing on a motorbike. The man was shot after opening fire when police surrounded his home in the Abu Tor neighbourhood, police said.
Israeli police have since told the BBC that a suspect was located at a house in Jerusalem, and shot dead after an exchange of fire. Yehuda Glick was seriously hurt after a meeting where he called for greater Jewish access at a disputed holy site.
Mr Glick is having surgery for gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen. It is the latest in a series of incidents which have led to an escalation of tensions in Jerusalem.
He was active in a push by Jews to pray at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site. Mr Glick has had surgery for gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen.
Mr Glick had just attended a conference at the Menachem Begin Heritage Centre which had discussed Jewish claims to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a holy site which is also venerated by Jews as the Temple Mount. Palestinian news networks released photographs purporting to show the body of the Palestinian, named in Israeli media as Mutaz Hijazi, on the roof of his house.
After the shooting police took the unusual step of closing the holy site to all worshippers and visitors until further notice, Israeli officials said that the police anti-terrorist unit along with the Israeli internal security service Shin Bet received information that Mr Glick's attacker was located in Abu Tor.
The Al-Aqsa compound is revered by Muslims - it is widely seen as Islam's third holiest site - and is one of the most contentious areas of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Police say they were fired at after surrounding the house and shot back, hitting the suspect.
Israel argues that it tolerates free prayer to all at the site, but Palestinians claim it is unilaterally taking steps to allow larger numbers of Jewish worshippers. Yehuda Glick is a well-known campaigner for greater Jewish rights to pray at the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount, and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif.
He had just attended a conference where delegates discussed Jewish claims to the compound, the holiest site in Judaism, which also contains the al-Aqsa Mosque - the third holiest site in Islam.
The compound is one of the most contentious areas of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Israel argues that it protects freedom of worship at the site, but Palestinians claim it is unilaterally taking steps to allow larger numbers of Jewish visitors.
Jews are allowed on to the compound but are forbidden from praying or performing religious rites there.
After the shooting police took the unusual step of closing the holy site to all worshippers and visitors until further notice.