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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Herod’s Gate

Israeli police clash with Palestinians outside the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old City, April 15, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
April 16, 2021, 3:25 am
Cop hurt in East Jerusalem clashes during Ramadan
Police say suspect arrested for attacking officer; rioting reportedly broke out over ban on sitting on stairs outside Damascus Gate during Muslim holy month
By ToI Staff
Israeli police stand guard on Sultan Suleiman Street near the Herod's Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, on September 19, 2016. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
October 28, 2019, 5:50 pm
Assailant attempts to stab police in Jerusalem’s Old City
Suspect shot in hand during manhunt after trying to stab group of border officers near Herod’s Gate
By ToI Staff
Ayman Kurd (c), is escorted by Israeli prison officers at the District court in Jerusalem on February 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 12, 2018, 11:25 am
Palestinian sentenced to 35 years for stabbing 2 cops near Old City
Judges write that East Jerusalem man deserves ‘severe and exceptional’ punishment because his premeditated attack was ‘severe and exceptional’
By ToI Staff
Ayman Kurd, 20, is escorted by Israeli prison officers at the District court in Jerusalem on October 20, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 20, 2016, 6:08 pm
Palestinian who stabbed cops sought ‘martyr’s death’ — prosecution
Indictment states that Ayman Kurd, 20, wrote several wills before wounding 2 officers in Jerusalem last month
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative. A Palestinian boy carries a lantern past shops in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 16, 2015.(AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI)
September 19, 2016, 8:55 pm
Israel ends closure on East Jerusalem shops imposed after attack
Police decide to increase presence near Old City in light of stabbings, but allow store owners to reopen businesses
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli police stand guard on Sultan Suleiman Street near the Herod's Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, where an East Jerusalem man stabbed and wounded two Israeli police officers on September 19, 2016. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
September 19, 2016, 4:23 pm
Cops close East Jerusalem streets, sites after stabbing attack
Shops shuttered along Sultan Suleiman Street, other nearby locales as police investigate assault on two officers earlier in the day
By Judah Ari Gross
Paramedics and police at the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem on September 19, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 19, 2016, 7:59 am
2 police hurt, one seriously, in Jerusalem stabbing; assailant shot
Female officer badly wounded after being knifed in neck outside Old City’s Herod’s Gate, second cop listed in moderate condition; attacker in critical condition
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. Border police check a Palestinian at Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on February 17, 2016. (AFP / AHMAD GHARABLI)
February 24, 2016, 10:20 am
2 Arab vendors caught with pipe bombs in Jerusalem
Sapper called in to disarm explosives at kiosk outside the Old City; overnight, security forces arrest 18 Palestinians in the West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
Two knives police found being carried by two Arab teenagers near Herod's Gate in Jerusalem on January 4, 2016. (Israel Police)
January 4, 2016, 6:45 pm
Security forces arrest knife-carrying Palestinians in Jerusalem
In separate incidents, police and soldiers apprehend 2 men with blades during inspections in the West Bank
By ToI Staff
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