TEL AVIV (Dispatches) – A Palestinian woman who allegedly threatened a Zionist police officer with a knife has been detained at the Damascus Gate in al-Quds, the regime’s police have said in a statement.
"At the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem (al-Quds), a woman threatened members of the border police with a knife. The suspect, approximately 50-years of age, was arrested. There were no injuries”, the police statement read.
The woman is currently being questioned by investigators.
Security measures in al-Quds’s Old City have been heightened after disturbances on Friday outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount. Morning prayers at the mosque ended with hundreds of people taking part in clashes with Zionist troops, the Israeli state-owned KAN broadcaster reported.
Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is situated close to both Christian and Jewish holy sites, has been one of the flashpoints of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The mosque is a part of the Temple Mount area which has repeatedly seen violent confrontations in recent years between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli servicemen.
Zionist troops regularly open fatal fire on Palestinians, accusing them of attempting to carry out stabbing attacks against its forces.
Human rights groups have repeatedly criticized the regime for its shoot-to-kill policy as a large number of the Palestinians killed at the scene of the alleged attacks did not pose serious threats to Zionists.
Zionist troops have on numerous occasions been caught on camera brutally killing Palestinians, with the videos going viral online and sparking international condemnation.