Another ban, which has also been lifted, was made to stop men under 50 entering the sacred Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City for prayers.
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Rosenfeld said the suspect’s identity was not yet clear but that police were treating the incident as a terror attack.
Palestinians inspect the home of the Abu Jaber family that was…
A Palestinian man was shot dead by police after attacking a soldier in southern Israel, hours after a Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli man who then shot her in Jerusalem.
The woman is said to have stabbed the man’s upper body from behind on Wednesday and in retaliation he drew his gun and fired, according to Israeli police.
Both have been taken to a hospital.
Four new stabbings wounded Israelis Thursday and an assailant was shot dead as a spate of such attacks spread fear and defied attempts by authorities to contain Palestinian unrest.
The statement by PA government spokesman Ihab Bseiso did not say that the two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli security services following attacks on Jewish Israelis.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday he doesn’t want the situation to escalate. The ban did not apply to Palestinians who live, work and study within the Old City, or Israelis or tourists.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged firm action Thursday against what he called a mostly unorganised “wave of terror” plaguing Israel and the Palestinian territories but warned there was no “magic solution”.
Israeli soldiers detain a wounded Palestinian after infiltrated members of the Israeli forces shot at Palestinian protesters during clashes in Beit El, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, on October 7, 2015. Most of the wounded have been treated for tear gas inhalation.
He said he is committed to “peaceful popular resistance”, but reiterated his support for “those who are protecting Al-Aqsa mosque”.
The Jerusalem hilltop compound lies at the heart of recent tensions.
In 2000, then-opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount – known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary – shortly before the second Palestinian intifada erupted. His intentions had previously been unclear, particularly after a speech he gave to the UN General Assembly last week in which he declared he was no longer bound by accords with Israel.
Soon after that attack, a Palestinian stabbed and severely wounded an Israeli man in the West Bank’s Kiryat Arba settlement.
Abbas insisted the Palestinians are not interested in a further escalation.
In two attacks on Thursday, an Israeli man was stabbed in the neck in Jerusalem, and five were injured, including a female Israeli soldier, in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, the Times of Israel reported.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians during the skirmishes.
The 20-year-old was killed during heavy clashes in the Shufat refugee camp that also left nearly 40 injured, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Israel’s military had no immediate comment.
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And last Thursday, gunmen shot and killed an Israeli couple as they drove with their four young children in the West Bank.
