Israeli occupation police secure an area in Jerusalem where an Israeli far-right activist was shot and wounded, October 29, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)
Israeli occupation police on Thursday killed a Palestinian man suspected of a shooting attack on an Israeli hardliner which left him badly wounded, a spokesman said.
"The Palestinian, who was the main suspect in the Wednesday night attack, was eliminated at his home in Jerusalem's Abu Tor neighbourhood by special police forces following an exchange of fire," occupation police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP.
Abu Tor straddles the seamline between west Jerusalem and the occupied eastern sector. Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Six Day War.
The suspect's death took place early on Thursday, just hours after a gunman on a motorcycle had opened fire at a rightwing Israeli activist called Yehuda Glick, leaving him critically wounded.
His condition improved overnight to serious but stable, the hospital said.
Glick, who is known for his lobbying to secure Israeli prayer rights at the Al Aqsa mosque compound, had just attended a debate on the issue at the Menachem Begin Heritage Centre.
Glick has campaigned for years for Jews to be allowed to pray at the Temple Mount.
Sacred to Muslims, the flashpoint Al Aqsa mosque compound houses Islam's third holiest site.
Rumours that Israel was poised to legislate changes to the status quo have triggering weeks of unrest and clashes in and around the plaza.
*The story was edited by Ahram online
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