A Palestinian man opened fire on a group of Israelis near a holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning, killing one and injuring four others, according to Israeli security forces.
Israeli Minister of Public Security Omer Bar-Lev said the assailant, 42, is an Islamic preacher and known member of Hamas’s political wing, who had come to pray on a daily basis at the flashpoint site known by Jews as the Temple Mount and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. Entrance to the Old City was immediately closed and is being investigated as a crime scene.
He said that according to available footage, the assailant was wearing a long coat, which was either a galabiya, a traditional full-length gown worn throughout the Arab world, or an outfit meant to impersonate the ultra-Orthodox worshippers that regularly come to the holy site. The mosque, located on an elevated esplanade on the eastern edge of the Old City, is considered the third holiest place of worship in Islam, after Mecca and Medina. The site is considered the most sacred in Judaism.Thousands of Jewish worshippers have been visiting the Temple Mount in recent years, bolstered by increased support from far-right politicians within the ruling coalition.
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