Jerusalem (CNN) Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion's Gate entrance to the site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors -- seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site -- triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed . The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

- Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

- New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

- Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides "to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation."

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

"Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn't allow to be crossed," said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. "Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for "moderation and dialogue" at his weekly address from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. "I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace," he said.

At Sunday's weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will "decide accordingly" what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

"We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security," Netanyahu said.

President Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are "evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground," calling it a "complex reality."

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement's security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night's attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia.</s>UNITED NATIONS, July 23 (APP): The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the recent escalation of violence at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, according to diplomats.

 Sweden, Egypt and France requested the meeting to “urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in Jerusalem can be supported,” Sweden’s Deputy U.N. ambassador, Carl Skau, posted on Twitter.

 The request comes at the same time as news that a Palestinian man wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank on Saturday has died of his injuries, the Palestinian health ministry said.

 It said 17-year-old Oday Nawajaa had been hit by live fire and critically wounded at Al-Azariya north of Jerusalem.

 The recent incidents occurred after at least four Palestinian people lost their lives during clashes in the occupied Palestinian lands on Friday.

 Tensions began to soar after the Israeli authorities imposed restrictive measures on the entry of worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem.

 The new restrictive measures include installation of metal detectors at entry points to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the suspension of all official contact with Israel until it removed the metal detectors.

 The Israeli government has tried to change the demographic makeup of Jerusalem over the past decades by constructing settlements, destroying historical sites and expelling the local Palestinian population.

 Palestinians say the Israeli measures are aimed at paving the way for the Judaization of the city.

 The al-Aqsa Mosque compound is a flashpoint Islamic site, which is also holy to Jews. The mosque is Islam’s third holiest site after Mkkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia.</s>Jerusalem (CNN) Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion's Gate entrance to the site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors -- seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site -- triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed . The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

- Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

- New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

- Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides "to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation."

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

"Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn't allow to be crossed," said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. "Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for "moderation and dialogue" at his weekly address from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. "I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace," he said.

At Sunday's weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will "decide accordingly" what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

"We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security," Netanyahu said.

President Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are "evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground," calling it a "complex reality."

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement's security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night's attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia.</s>The UN Security Council will hold closed-door talks on Monday, diplomats said on Saturday. The meeting will "urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in Jerusalem can be supported," Carl Skau, Sweden's ambassador to the Security Council, said.

Sweden, France and Egypt had all requested an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss how to deal with the deadliest outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, a Swedish diplomat said on Twitter.

The German Foreign Ministry called for all sides "to make their contribution to the de-escalation of the situation and not to give in to those who call for violence or accept it," in a statement on its website.

The envoys of the US, Russia, the EU and UN on Saturday issued a statement saying they "strongly condemn acts of terror, express their regret for all loss of innocent life caused by the violence, and hope for a speedy recovery to the wounded." The envoys called on all parties to "demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation."

High alert

Israel's military sent reinforcements and put security on high alert across Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Saturday, as several deaths the day before stoked fears of escalating violence over a holy site.

A Palestinian man stabbled to death three Israelis in a West Bank settlement on Friday evening, hours after clashes in Jerusalem over a holy site left three Palestinians dead.

"An assailant infiltrated a private home in the community of Neve Tsuf, northwest of Ramallah, and stabbed four Israeli civilians," the Israeli army said in a statement.

An Israeli military official said a grandfather and two of his children were killed and the grandmother was wounded.

The attacker was identified as 19-year-old Omar al-Abed, a Palestinian from the West Bank village of Khobar, near Ramallah.

Eli Bin, the head of Israel's rescue service MDA, said an off-duty soldier next door heard screams, ran to the house and shot the attacker through a window. Bin said the attacker was wounded and evacuated to hospital.

According to his Facebook posts and statements from his family, al-Abed was reportedly angry over the loss of Palestinian lives and wanted to protect the honor of the Jerusalem holy site at the heart of the latest tensions between Palestinians and the Israel.

Israeli Defense Minister Avigodor Lieberman said Saturday the attacker's home would be bulldozed, a controversial practice that human rights groups criticize as an act of collective punishment against an entire family.

Also on Saturday, the Israeli military searched the assailants house and arrested his brother.

Earlier protests

Three Palestinians had been killed in protests in Jerusalem earlier on Friday in clashes with Israeli forcesover entry restrictions at the holy site of Haram al-Sharif, also known as Temple Mount.

The protests - over the placement of metal detectors and turnstiles at the site - turned into clashes in which the three men were shot dead, the interior ministry said. At least 400 people were hospitalized, the ministry reported.

Security forces prohibited Palestinian men under the age of 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers this week. They have allowed access to women of all ages.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Friday that he would suspend all contacts with Israel because of the new security measures. He also urged the United States to intervene with Israel to drop the security changes.

Watch video 01:09 Palestinan President freezes contact with Israel

The dispute

Israeli-Palestinian tensions over the Holy Land's most revered shrine are severe.

Disputes over the 37-acre (15-hectare) walled, hilltop platform in Jerusalem's Old City have triggered several major confrontations in the past.

Israel began installing metal detectors at the gates of the compound, saying extra measures were needed to prevent further attacks.

Since 1967, Israel has increasingly cut off east Jerusalem from its West Bank hinterland.

Under the post-1967 arrangements, Muslims administer the compound, while Jews can visit, but not pray there. This arrangement held for decades - in large part because leading rabbis, citing religious purity laws, banned Jews from entering.

cw/jm (Reuters, AFP)</s>Jerusalem (CNN) Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion's Gate entrance to the site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors -- seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site -- triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed . The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

- Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

- New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

- Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides "to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation."

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

"Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn't allow to be crossed," said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. "Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for "moderation and dialogue" at his weekly address from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. "I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace," he said.

At Sunday's weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will "decide accordingly" what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

"We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security," Netanyahu said.

President Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are "evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground," calling it a "complex reality."

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement's security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night's attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia.</s>Jerusalem (CNN) Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion's Gate entrance to the city's holiest site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors -- seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site -- triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed . The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

- Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

- New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

- Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides "to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation."

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

"Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn't allow to be crossed," said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. "Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for "moderation and dialogue" at his weekly address from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. "I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace," he said.

At Sunday's weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will "decide accordingly" what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

"We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security," Netanyahu said.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are "evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground," calling it a "complex reality."

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement's security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night's attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia.</s>JERUSALEM — Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion’s Gate entrance to the site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors — seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site — triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed. The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

– Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

– New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

– Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

– Three Israelis were killed in their home in a West Bank settlement on Friday. Police say a Palestinian man stabbed them to death.

– Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides “to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation.”

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

“Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn’t allow to be crossed,” said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. “Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for “moderation and dialogue” at his weekly address from St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. “I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace,” he said.

At Sunday’s weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will “decide accordingly” what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

“We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security,” Netanyahu said.

President Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are “evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground,” calling it a “complex reality.”

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement’s security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night’s attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia.</s>The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on 24 July morning to discuss the violence unfolding in Jerusalem, diplomats said.

 

 According to the UN mission of China, president of the UN Security Council for July, the meeting will be held behind closed doors.

 

 "Sweden, France and Egypt request UN Security Council to urgently discuss how calls for deescalation in Jerusalem can be supported," said Security Council coordinator of the mission of Sweden Carl Skau on his Twitter account on Saturday.

 

 Three Israelis were killed on Friday in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian in a West Bank settlement.

 

 The attack followed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Jerusalem's Old City, in which three Palestinians died.

 

 In a statement released on Saturday, the Middle East Quartet -- Russia, the US, the European Union and the UN -- expressed concerns over the escalating tensions.

 

 "The Quartet envoys reiterate that violence deepens mistrust and is fundamentally incompatible with achieving a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," said the statement.</s>United Nations: The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, diplomats said on Saturday.

Sweden, Egypt and France requested the meeting to “urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in Jerusalem can be supported,” Sweden’s deputy UN ambassador, Carl Skau, posted on Twitter.

Israel sent extra troops into the occupied West Bank on Saturday and raided the home of the Palestinian attacker who stabbed to death three Israelis on Friday, the military said.

Hours before the three Israelis were stabbed, three Palestinians were killed in violence prompted by Israel’s installation of metal detectors at entry points to the Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s walled Old City.

In Jerusalem on Saturday, Israeli police said they used riot gear to disperse dozens of Palestinians who threw stones and bottles at them. Television footage showed police throwing stun grenades and using a water cannon to break up the crowd.</s>UNITED NATIONS, July 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, diplomats said on Saturday.

Sweden, Egypt and France requested the meeting to "urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in Jerusalem can be supported," Sweden's Deputy U.N. ambassador, Carl Skau, posted on Twitter.

Israel sent extra troops into the occupied West Bank on Saturday and raided the home of the Palestinian attacker who stabbed to death three Israelis on Friday, the military said. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols)
A United Nations Security Council session is to be held to address the escalating violence in Jerusalem.