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| Jerusalem: Glick suspect killed in Israel police shoot-out | Jerusalem: Glick suspect killed in Israel police shoot-out |
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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 in the Abu Tor neighbourhood, police said. | The man was shot after opening fire when police surrounded his home in the Abu Tor neighbourhood, police said. |
| Yehuda Glick was seriously hurt after a meeting where he called for greater Jewish access at a disputed holy site. | Yehuda Glick was seriously hurt after a meeting where he called for 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 incident is the latest in a series which have led to an escalation of tensions in Jerusalem. | |
| Mr Glick has had surgery for gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen. | Mr Glick has had surgery for gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen. |
| A website of the Islamist group Hamas identified the Palestinian as 32-year-old Moataz Hejazi, who had served 11 years in jail in Israel and was released in 2012, Reuters news agency reported. | |
| The Jerusalem Post newspaper quoted police as saying the suspect 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 Abu Tor. | 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. |
| 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. |
| Yehuda Glick is a well-known American-born 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Jews are allowed on to the compound but are forbidden from praying or performing religious rites there. |