Damascus Gate News

The rare ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen.

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack in Jerusalem for the first time saying it fatally stabbed an Israeli policewoman outside the walled Old City. 

Israeli paramilitary police officers shot and killed a Palestinian woman who tried to attack them with a knife outside Jerusalem`s walled Old City on Wednesday, police spokesmen said.

The sniper barrel juts out of the ancient wall above Jerusalem`s Damascus Gate, pointing down towards a young Palestinian being searched by Israeli policemen.