High alert in Jerusalem (archives)
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High alert in north Jerusalem lifted
Forces boosted Thursday evening in northern part of capital after defense establishment receives warnings on plan to carry out terror attack in area
Security forces were put on high alert in the northern part of Jerusalem on Thursday evening, after the defense establishment received warnings on terrorists' plans to carry out a terror attack in the area. The alert was lifted two hours later.
A number of terror attacks have taken place in the capital in the past few weeks. Last week, an east Jerusalem resident driving a bulldozer was shot and killed after injuring 18 people on King David Street.
In the middle of July, two Border Guard officers were shot by a terrorist near the Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. One of the officers was critically injured and died of his wounds several days later. The second officer sustained moderate to serious wounds.
At the beginning of the month, three people were ran over and killed by a bulldozer driven by an east Jerusalem resident. At least 36 people were injured in the attack, 30 of them sustaining light wounds.
