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| Jerusalem tense after police kill Glick shooting suspect | |
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| Israeli police have killed a Palestinian suspected of shooting a prominent right-wing Jewish activist hours earlier in Jerusalem. | Israeli police have killed a Palestinian suspected of shooting a prominent right-wing Jewish activist hours earlier in Jerusalem. |
| The man was shot after opening fire when police surrounded his home. | |
| Rabbi Yehuda Glick was seriously hurt after a meeting where he urged greater Jewish access at a disputed holy site. | Rabbi Yehuda Glick was seriously hurt after a meeting where he urged greater Jewish access at a disputed holy site. |
| Police have taken the unusual step of closing the site to all worshippers and visitors until further notice. The Palestinian leader condemned the move. | |
| "Jerusalem, including its Islamic and Christian holy places, is a red line and touching it is is unacceptable," Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement, quoted by the Associated Press news agency. | |
| Rabbi Glick is a well-known American-born campaigner for greater Jewish rights to pray at the site, which is known to Jews as the Temple Mount, and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif. | |
| It is the holiest site in Judaism, and also contains the al-Aqsa Mosque - the third holiest site in Islam. | |
| In other developments: | In other developments: |
| The shooting of Mr Glick is the latest in a series of incidents which have led to an escalation of tensions in Jerusalem. | |
| A website of the Islamist group Hamas identified the Palestinian as 32-year-old Moataz Hejazi, Reuters news agency reported. | A website of the Islamist group Hamas identified the Palestinian as 32-year-old Moataz Hejazi, Reuters news agency reported. |
| Police said the suspect had served time in jail in Israel and was released in 2012, adding that he belonged to the Islamic Jihad militant group. | Police said the suspect had served time in jail in Israel and was released in 2012, adding that he belonged to the Islamic Jihad militant group. |
| 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 the Abu Tor neighbourhood. | |
| Police say they were fired at after surrounding the house and shot back, hitting the suspect. | Police say they were fired at after surrounding the house and shot back, hitting the suspect. |
| Rabbi Glick has had surgery for gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen. | |
| He had just attended a conference where delegates discussed Jewish claims to the compound, 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. | 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. |
| The site is administered by an Islamic body called the Waqf, while Israeli police are in charge of security. | The site is administered by an Islamic body called the Waqf, while Israeli police are in charge of security. |
| Jews are allowed on to the compound but are forbidden from praying or performing religious rites there under Israeli law. | Jews are allowed on to the compound but are forbidden from praying or performing religious rites there under Israeli law. |