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| JERUSALEM — Israeli counterterrorism forces in East Jerusalem shot and killed a Palestinian man on Thursday morning who was suspected of involvement in Wednesday’s assassination attempt against Yehuda Glick, a prominent Israeli-American activist who has agitated for more Jewish access to a contested holy site. | |
| Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the police, said a counterterrorism unit had surrounded a house in the Abu Tor neighborhood and was trying to make an arrest in the Glick case when shots were fired at the officers. The man was shot and killed immediately, Mr. Rosenfeld said. | Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the police, said a counterterrorism unit had surrounded a house in the Abu Tor neighborhood and was trying to make an arrest in the Glick case when shots were fired at the officers. The man was shot and killed immediately, Mr. Rosenfeld said. |
| The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, identified the man who was killed as Mu’atez Hijazi and said he was released in 2012 after spending 11 years in an Israeli prison. He was said to be in his early 30s. | The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, identified the man who was killed as Mu’atez Hijazi and said he was released in 2012 after spending 11 years in an Israeli prison. He was said to be in his early 30s. |
| Hours after the killing of Mr. Hijazi, clashes between residents and the police were taking place in Abu Tor. | |
| For the first time in many years, the Israeli authorities closed the holy site to all — Muslim worshipers, Jewish visitors and tourists — until further notice to prevent unrest, Mr. Rosenfeld said, as the latest events brought months of tensions in the city to a new peak. | For the first time in many years, the Israeli authorities closed the holy site to all — Muslim worshipers, Jewish visitors and tourists — until further notice to prevent unrest, Mr. Rosenfeld said, as the latest events brought months of tensions in the city to a new peak. |
| The site, a sacred plateau revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, where ancient Jewish temples once stood, and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, where Al Aksa Mosque is, has been the scene of increasingly fierce clashes between Muslim worshipers and protesters and the police in recent weeks. | The site, a sacred plateau revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, where ancient Jewish temples once stood, and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, where Al Aksa Mosque is, has been the scene of increasingly fierce clashes between Muslim worshipers and protesters and the police in recent weeks. |
| Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, described the Israeli decision to close the site as “a grave act” and said it would “add to the tensions and instability and create a dangerous atmosphere,” according to Wafa. | Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, described the Israeli decision to close the site as “a grave act” and said it would “add to the tensions and instability and create a dangerous atmosphere,” according to Wafa. |
| In an interview with Agence France-Presse, Mr. Abu Rudeineh also quoted Mr. Abbas as saying, “This dangerous Israeli escalation is a declaration of war on the Palestinian people and its sacred places and on the Arab and Islamic nation.” | In an interview with Agence France-Presse, Mr. Abu Rudeineh also quoted Mr. Abbas as saying, “This dangerous Israeli escalation is a declaration of war on the Palestinian people and its sacred places and on the Arab and Islamic nation.” |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel condemned the shooting of Mr. Glick as “an act of terrorism.” The Israeli leader accused radical Islamic forces and Mr. Abbas of inciting violence, citing a recent speech in which Mr. Abbas called on Palestinians to defend the mosque compound from Jewish encroachment “by all means.” | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel condemned the shooting of Mr. Glick as “an act of terrorism.” The Israeli leader accused radical Islamic forces and Mr. Abbas of inciting violence, citing a recent speech in which Mr. Abbas called on Palestinians to defend the mosque compound from Jewish encroachment “by all means.” |
| “I have ordered significant reinforcements so that we can maintain both security in Jerusalem and the status quo in the holy places,” Mr. Netanyahu said after an emergency consultation with senior security officials. “This struggle might be long, and here, like in other struggles, we must first of all lower the flames. No side should take the law into its own hands. We must be levelheaded and act with determination and responsibility, and so we shall.” | “I have ordered significant reinforcements so that we can maintain both security in Jerusalem and the status quo in the holy places,” Mr. Netanyahu said after an emergency consultation with senior security officials. “This struggle might be long, and here, like in other struggles, we must first of all lower the flames. No side should take the law into its own hands. We must be levelheaded and act with determination and responsibility, and so we shall.” |
| Mr. Glick was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday night as he left the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in the western part of the city by a lone assailant who fled on a motorcycle. A spokeswoman for the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the Jerusalem hospital where Mr. Glick was taken, said Thursday that his condition was stable but still very serious and that he had four gunshot wounds to the chest, neck, stomach and arm. | Mr. Glick was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday night as he left the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in the western part of the city by a lone assailant who fled on a motorcycle. A spokeswoman for the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the Jerusalem hospital where Mr. Glick was taken, said Thursday that his condition was stable but still very serious and that he had four gunshot wounds to the chest, neck, stomach and arm. |
| Mr. Glick and his supporters had been attending a convention pushing for more Jewish access to the mount, which is administered by Muslim authorities. Palestinian leaders have protested the increasing Jewish presence on the mount, as ultranationalist Jewish activists and groups, often led by Mr. Glick, have made a point of visiting more frequently and have been campaigning for Jewish prayer rights at the site, contrary to an arrangement that has been in place for decades. Under the arrangement, Jews are not allowed to worship atop the mount, only in the Western Wall plaza below. | Mr. Glick and his supporters had been attending a convention pushing for more Jewish access to the mount, which is administered by Muslim authorities. Palestinian leaders have protested the increasing Jewish presence on the mount, as ultranationalist Jewish activists and groups, often led by Mr. Glick, have made a point of visiting more frequently and have been campaigning for Jewish prayer rights at the site, contrary to an arrangement that has been in place for decades. Under the arrangement, Jews are not allowed to worship atop the mount, only in the Western Wall plaza below. |
| Mr. Hijazi’s relatives and neighbors in Abu Tor said they awoke to the sound of shooting early Thursday morning. | Mr. Hijazi’s relatives and neighbors in Abu Tor said they awoke to the sound of shooting early Thursday morning. |
| Taghreed Hijazi, Mr. Hijazi’s aunt, said she heard a commotion outside her home, looked out of her kitchen window and saw a police officer aiming a gun at her. “He ordered me to shut the window and get inside,” she said. | Taghreed Hijazi, Mr. Hijazi’s aunt, said she heard a commotion outside her home, looked out of her kitchen window and saw a police officer aiming a gun at her. “He ordered me to shut the window and get inside,” she said. |
| She then saw a group of police officers dragging Mr. Hijazi’s brother, Odai, into the courtyard. Some officers went up to the rooftop, where Mr. Hijazi was later found dead, and others raided his room, she said. Solar panels on the roof were punctured with more than two dozen bullet holes. | She then saw a group of police officers dragging Mr. Hijazi’s brother, Odai, into the courtyard. Some officers went up to the rooftop, where Mr. Hijazi was later found dead, and others raided his room, she said. Solar panels on the roof were punctured with more than two dozen bullet holes. |
| Mr. Hijazi’s sister, Shayma, accused the police of killing him “in cold blood.” | Mr. Hijazi’s sister, Shayma, accused the police of killing him “in cold blood.” |
| Relatives said Mr. Hijazi worked in a restaurant in West Jerusalem and as an electrician. They said he had been jailed for setting electrical equipment on fire. | Relatives said Mr. Hijazi worked in a restaurant in West Jerusalem and as an electrician. They said he had been jailed for setting electrical equipment on fire. |
| Ynet, the Hebrew news site, reported that Mr. Hijazi worked in the kitchen of the restaurant that operates in the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, where Mr. Glick was attending a convention on Jewish prayer rights and Israeli control at the Temple Mount before he was shot. Restaurant staff members reached by telephone refused to comment. | |
| Abu Tor, a residential neighborhood that straddles the 1967 line between East and West Jerusalem, is split between predominantly Jewish and predominantly Arab sections. The eastern part of the neighborhood spills into Silwan, another point of contention in the city just outside the Old City walls, below the Temple Mount and in the shadow of Al Aksa Mosque. | Abu Tor, a residential neighborhood that straddles the 1967 line between East and West Jerusalem, is split between predominantly Jewish and predominantly Arab sections. The eastern part of the neighborhood spills into Silwan, another point of contention in the city just outside the Old City walls, below the Temple Mount and in the shadow of Al Aksa Mosque. |
| Jewish settlers have recently acquired dozens of homes around an archaeological site there believed to be the ruins of the ancient City of David, and Palestinian residents frequently clash with the police. | Jewish settlers have recently acquired dozens of homes around an archaeological site there believed to be the ruins of the ancient City of David, and Palestinian residents frequently clash with the police. |
| Last week, a Palestinian resident of Silwan plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at a light-rail station in northern Jerusalem, killing two, in what the police said was a deliberate attack. The driver, Abd al-Rahman al-Shaloudy, was shot and killed by a police officer at the scene. | Last week, a Palestinian resident of Silwan plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at a light-rail station in northern Jerusalem, killing two, in what the police said was a deliberate attack. The driver, Abd al-Rahman al-Shaloudy, was shot and killed by a police officer at the scene. |
| The victims of that episode were a 3-month-old Israeli baby with American citizenship and a young woman from Ecuador. The driver’s family said it believed he had accidentally lost control of the car, though footage from security cameras showed his car swerving off a main road and across the tracks, and then speeding along the narrow platform. | The victims of that episode were a 3-month-old Israeli baby with American citizenship and a young woman from Ecuador. The driver’s family said it believed he had accidentally lost control of the car, though footage from security cameras showed his car swerving off a main road and across the tracks, and then speeding along the narrow platform. |