{"id":1716,"date":"2025-05-17T05:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T05:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jagsystem.com\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T05:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T05:11:47","slug":"policial-e-esfaqueado-na-cidade-velha-de-jerusalem-e-atacante-e-morto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=1716","title":{"rendered":"Police officer stabbed in jerusalem’s old city, attacker killed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police officers work the scene of a stabbing at the Temple Mount’s Chain Gate, in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 16, 2025. (Israel Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tA 25-year-old police officer was moderately injured on Friday after being stabbed in the back in Jerusalem’s Old City, near the entrance to the Jail Gate, which leads to the Temple Mount<\/strong><\/p>

According to police and first responders, the attacker, a resident of the Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem, ran toward the officer and attacked him.<\/p>

\r\nOther officers at the scene shot the attacker, who was shot and died at the scene.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe injured officer was taken to hospital, still conscious, according to first responders.<\/p>

\r\nPolice cordoned off the area of “”the attack and sent reinforcements to the scene.<\/p>

\r\nFootage of the incident shows the attacker’s body on the ground, with blood all around.<\/p>

\r\nThe Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, WAFA, reported that after the attack, police closed the Jail Gate, barred worshippers from entering, flew a drone over the Al-Aqsa Mosque and set up roadblocks in several Jerusalem neighborhoods.<\/p>

\r\nThe Jail Gate is located in the western part of the Temple Mount compound, where the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, is located.<\/p>

\r\nIn recent years, the area has been the scene of other attacks on civilians and Israeli security forces.<\/p>

\r\nIn 2021, a terrorist opened fire near the gate, killing one person and wounding four others.<\/p>

\r\nThe Hamas group claimed responsibility, saying the attacker was a member of its cell in the Shuafat refugee camp near Jerusalem.<\/p>

\r\nIn 2023, a 14-year-old from the same camp was arrested for stabbing and lightly wounding an Israeli teenager near the Jail Gate.

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Published in 05\/17\/2025 05h11<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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