At dawn Friday, Israeli Border Police fatally shot a Palestinian at Damascus Gate (Bab Al-‘Amoud) in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli police alleged that he had attempted to stab people at the site.
Police said the man parked his motorcycle near the gate before the alleged incident. According to Ynet News, the people he allegedly approached fled unharmed and called police. Two officers arrived shortly afterward and fatally shot him.
الشرطة الإسرائيلية: إحباط عملية “إرهابية” قرب باب العامود في القدس: تحييد شخص اقترب من قوات الشرطة ومن ضمنها حرس الحدود محاولًا تنفيذ اعتداء، دون تسجيل إصابات في صفوف القوات. https://t.co/V4jx609EeB pic.twitter.com/XZlpfJSNwJ
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The Palestinian, whose identity has not yet been released, held an Israeli-issued identification card.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers were then deployed to seal the area, preventing dozens of worshippers from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque for dawn prayers.
The Jerusalem shooting followed another fatal incident on Wednesday evening, when Israeli colonizers, with the cooperation of occupation forces, killed two Palestinians in the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
