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| JERUSALEM — For the second time in two weeks, a driver plowed a vehicle into pedestrians and cars near a light-rail station in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 13 in what the police were treating as a terrorist attack. | |
| A police spokesman said the driver, identified as a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was shot dead by border police officers at the scene after he rammed into several cars, exited his white commercial vehicle and tried to attack bystanders with an iron bar. | A police spokesman said the driver, identified as a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was shot dead by border police officers at the scene after he rammed into several cars, exited his white commercial vehicle and tried to attack bystanders with an iron bar. |
| The events Wednesday were strikingly similar to an attack on Oct. 22, when a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem swerved off the same main road and across the light-rail tracks. In the earlier attack, the driver then sped along a narrow platform, killing a three-month-old baby and a young woman from Ecuador. | The events Wednesday were strikingly similar to an attack on Oct. 22, when a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem swerved off the same main road and across the light-rail tracks. In the earlier attack, the driver then sped along a narrow platform, killing a three-month-old baby and a young woman from Ecuador. |
| Tensions have flared in Jerusalem in recent months, with an increasing focus on a contested holy site in the Old City that Israel closed for one day last week for the first time in years. | Tensions have flared in Jerusalem in recent months, with an increasing focus on a contested holy site in the Old City that Israel closed for one day last week for the first time in years. |
| The closing, which the police said was ordered to prevent an escalation of violence, came after an Israeli counterterrorism unit killed a Palestinian suspected in the assassination attempt of a prominent American-born Israeli activist. The activist, Yehuda Glick, is a leading advocate for increased Jewish access to the site, known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. | The closing, which the police said was ordered to prevent an escalation of violence, came after an Israeli counterterrorism unit killed a Palestinian suspected in the assassination attempt of a prominent American-born Israeli activist. The activist, Yehuda Glick, is a leading advocate for increased Jewish access to the site, known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. |
| The events have set off clashes at the sacred plateau, which is revered by Jews as the place where ancient Jewish temples once stood, and by Muslims as the site of the Al Aksa Mosque. | The events have set off clashes at the sacred plateau, which is revered by Jews as the place where ancient Jewish temples once stood, and by Muslims as the site of the Al Aksa Mosque. |
| Earlier on Wednesday, Palestinians hurled rocks and firecrackers at the police from inside the mosque, in an apparent effort to prevent Jewish visitors and tourists from entering the compound. | Earlier on Wednesday, Palestinians hurled rocks and firecrackers at the police from inside the mosque, in an apparent effort to prevent Jewish visitors and tourists from entering the compound. |
| The police kept the rioters inside the mosque and later reopened the compound to visitors. Supporters of Mr. Glick, who was severely wounded in the assassination attempt, called for Jews to pray for his recovery at the holy site on Wednesday. | The police kept the rioters inside the mosque and later reopened the compound to visitors. Supporters of Mr. Glick, who was severely wounded in the assassination attempt, called for Jews to pray for his recovery at the holy site on Wednesday. |