Jerusalem: Israel decided Tuesday to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem with other, less obtrusive surveillance means, a cabinet statement said.
Israel installed metal detectors at entry points to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police officers guarding the entrance to Jerusalem’s holiest site to Jews and Muslims were fatally shot on July 14, triggering the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years.
The spike in tensions and the deaths of three Israelis and four Palestinians in violence on Friday and Saturday have triggered international alarm and prompted the United Nations Security Council to convene a meeting to seek ways of calming the situation.
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