In Friday’s attack, two Israeli Border Police Officers were murdered and a third was wounded when three Palestinian terrorists opened fire at security forces near an entrance to the Temple Mount at the Lions Gate and then fled into the Mount complex. Finally, there is a police station on the Temple Mount with about a hundred police officers who are tasked with maintaining the order and security in the area. Israel rejected on Friday evening a demand from Jordan to immediately reopen the Temple Mount after it was shut for security reasons in the wake of a deadly shooting attack at the holy site.
Two Druze Israeli police officers are killed in an attack at Temple Mount in Jerusalem.