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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Lions' Gate

Illustrative: Police and rescuers at the scene of an attack near Lions' Gate in Jerusalem's Old City in which a police officer was lightly injured and the assailant was killed, February 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 25, 2023, 2:47 pm
Three policemen, several Palestinians lightly injured in clashes near Temple Mount
Police say violence broke out when a man attending Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque refused to undergo a security check; Israeli man detained with knife in Old City
By ToI Staff
The scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City on August 17, 2020. (United Hatzalah of Israel)
August 17, 2020, 9:28 pm
Border guard moderately hurt in Old City stabbing; assailant shot dead
Attack occurs outside Temple Mount just before Muslim nightly prayers, amid general lull in terror activity in the capital
By Judah Ari Gross
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Minister's meeting in Cairo on July 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
July 27, 2017, 9:51 pm
Arab League chief says Israel risks igniting ‘religious war’
Ahmed Abul Gheit warns ‘not one single Muslim in the world would accept the desecration of Al-Aqsa mosque’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Muslims pray as Border Police officers stand guard during Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, July 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2017, 5:31 am
Police investigate possible arson near Old City in Jerusalem
Authorities probe whether fire in Wadi Joz, just outside Lions’ Gate, which damaged government building, was nationalistically motivated
By ToI Staff
Palestinian women pray near the Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
July 27, 2017, 1:21 am
Jerusalem Palestinians find voice through prayer protests
Through prayers in the streets, Muslims show newfound unity after being sidelined by Israeli and Palestinian leaders
By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Karin Laub
Israeli security forces stand guard as Palestinian Muslim worshipers pray outside Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 22, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
July 27, 2017, 12:36 am
In Jerusalem’s Old City, journalists banned while tourists film away
Reporters complain of lack of freedom as cops say they are keeping them from areas of ‘disturbances and riots’
By Agencies
Security measures, including cameras, which were installed outside the Lion's Gate of the Old City, a main access point to the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, July 24, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
July 25, 2017, 7:02 pm
Police deny rumors of ‘X-ray cameras’ on Temple Mount
Citing unfounded claims circling on social media, Muslim worshipers say they are concerned new security measures will allow Israeli authorities ‘to see our women naked’
By Raoul Wootliff
Muslim worshippers pray at an entrance to the Temple Mount at the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, July 25, 2017. Muslim worshippers still refused to pray on the Temple Mount following the government's decision remove the metal detectors and instead place more security cameras on the compound. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 25, 2017, 4:28 pm
In peaceful protest, Muslims pray outside Temple Mount
Jerusalem Waqf says no decision made about cameras slated to replace metal detectors; meanwhile, worshipers told to avoid the site
By Dov Lieber
Border Police fire a stun grenade in an attempt to disperse Palestinian Muslim worshipers outside the Old City of Jerusalem's Lions Gate on July 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
July 23, 2017, 10:34 pm
Palestinians injured in Jerusalem, West Bank clashes
Palestinian Red Crescent says more than two dozen hurt in protests, no injuries reported on Israeli side
By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff
Muslim worshipers perform noon prayers by the Lions Gate, outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, July 20, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 23, 2017, 8:30 pm
Israel briefly bars media from Jerusalem’s Old City
Foreign Press Association complains after cops deny access to entrances to Temple Mount where new security equipment installed
By ToI Staff
Israeli police check the scene and surround a dead body (foreground) where Arab-Israeli attackers shot and killed two policemen on the Temple Mount on July 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
July 23, 2017, 5:41 pm
Israel open to returning bodies of Temple Mount attackers — report
Return of dead terrorists to their families said to be conditioned on limiting size of funerals, which police fear could trigger renewed violence
By Alexander Fulbright
Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 23, 2017. (AP/Andrew Medichini)
July 23, 2017, 4:54 pm
Pope calls for ‘moderation’ after deadly violence in Jerusalem, West Bank
Without apportioning blame, pontiff says he is following ‘with trepidation the grave tensions and violence’
By AP
Security measures including metal detectors and cameras outside Lions Gate, a main entrance point for those heading to the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 23, 2017. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
July 23, 2017, 10:08 am
Police install hi-tech security cameras outside Temple Mount
At entrance to holy site, Israel sets up more barriers, surveillance equipment that can reportedly identify suspects carrying weapons; metal detector gates still in place; Muslim worshipers vow to keep fighting security measures
By Stuart Winer, Raoul Wootliff and Dov Lieber
Palestinian youths run from the path of an Israeli army bulldozer during clashes in the village of Koubar, west of Ramallah, on July 22, 2017, as Israeli forces try to close the roads leading to the village. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
July 22, 2017, 9:21 pm
2 Palestinians said killed as heavy clashes again erupt
Police use tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons in West Bank and Jerusalem to disperse rock-throwing rioters
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Muslim worshipers pray at the Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on July 21, 2017. (Dov Lieber/ Times of Israel)
July 22, 2017, 12:42 pm
In Jerusalem, some Muslims warn religious war is imminent, others say it’s begun
At the Lions Gate, where a deadly attack on July 14 prompted the latest escalation, Palestinians insist metal detectors are part of an Israeli Temple Mount power grab, to be resisted at all cost
By Dov Lieber
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