26 July, 2017
Clashes have broken out during protests over the measures, leaving five Palestinians dead. Three Israelis were also killed in an attack in a settlement in the West Bank.
Clashes also flared in east Jerusalem and other Palestinian villages in the West Bank near Jerusalem on Saturday, police said.
On that day, three Arab gunmen opened fire from the shrine at Israeli police guards, killing two before being shot dead.
A similar wave of violence broke out in September 2015 over Palestinian claims of Israeli encroachment on the holy site. The man's grandchildren were present but not harmed, it said. His daughter, Haya Solomon, 46, and his son Elad Solomon, 36, were also killed.
Erdogan reaffirmed in the statement that the restrictions were "unacceptable" and should be removed "immediately".
The army released footage showing a blood-covered kitchen floor.
The decision came Saturday after military officials met overnight following the attack.
"Whether they take those down or not remains to be seen", he said.
The Israeli move came in the face of intensive global diplomacy seeking to stop the dispute over the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, sparking wider Palestinian unrest.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday he is freezing ties with Israel until the devices are removed.
Police reported disturbances in the Ras al-Amud, Saladin and A-Tur areas of the city.
The assailant, believed to be 20, was shot in the incident and taken to hospital, but his condition was unclear. Either way, the measures were imposed rapidly and had an immediate impact on Palestinians, even though Israeli-Arabs carried out the attack that prompted the installation.
Salah, an Israeli citizen of Palestinian origin, is accused of cracking down on his opponents in his hometown of Umm al-Fahm, where he has held the post of mayor several times.
"It is extremely important that a solution to the current crisis be found by Friday this week", Nickolay Mladenov said after briefing the United Nations security council, which met behind closed doors on Monday. Troops fired live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas.
Under the arrangement, Israel is responsible for security and a Jordanian-funded religious trust, or Waqf, looks after the day-to-day running of the site.
The announcement followed a warning from the UN's Middle East envoy about the dangers of allowing the crisis over the religious site to continue until prayers on Friday without a solution.
Muslim clerics urged worshipers to skip prayers in neighborhood mosques on Friday and converge on the shrine in an attempt to draw larger crowds.
However, using facial recognition cameras in lieu of metal detectors could address some concerns among Palestinians: they do not seem as intimidating or imposing as being forced to walk through metal detectors.
He told reporters after briefing the U.N. Security Council behind closed doors Monday that it is "critically important" that the status quo which has been in place at the site since 1967 is preserved. Eoghan Macguire reported from London.
