president, this incident comes on the heels of a deadly week in the west bank and jerusalem, east jerusalem. there were 11 reported attacks -- 16 israelis and for palestinians. the airstrikes were in response to rocket fire on israel the day before, on october 10. palestinian militants fired at least eight rockets towards israel during the past week alone. most falling short and landing within gaza territory. and one being intercepted by iron dome. another rocket was test fired at the state to which the israeli defense forces responded with warning shots, injuring one palestinian. as of yesterday a total of seven israelis and 32 palestinians, including those allegedly conducted or attempted attacks were killed. some 124 israelis, including iso issue of the security force personnel, and more than 1118 palestinians were reportedly injured since october 14, the first of october. since these latest attacks, israel's security cabinet has passed a broad range of security measures which are already being commanded. the israeli defense forces have significantly boosted their presence in israeli cit

jerusalem. bring us up to date then. more violent clashes today. >> reporter: yes, some of the worst violence now is happening in gaza. it was hamas that called for a day of rage. in that seems to be the case now. this is all after friday prayers after a week of appalling violence and deep-set mutual fear amongst the palestinians and israeli communities. in gaza the worst of the attacks seem to have been attacks in terms of rushing forward towards the border gates into a buffer zone. the israeli army replied with live fire, and the palestinians were hurling stones and other objects, but we're now hearing from the health ministry that three people have been killed and there are now 60 casualties, at least -- less than -- something like five, apparently are very serious. then earlier, we had in hebron, a situation whereby there was exchanges of tear gas and rocks and stones aimed at the security forces and then a man, a palestinian man disguised as a journalist stabbed a soldier according to polic

president, this incident comes on the heels of a deadly week in the west bank and jerusalem, east jerusalem. there were 11 reported attacks against israelis and israeli security forces, leaving four israelis and nine houston instead, and 16 israelis and four palestinians wounded. there were reports of stabbing attacks on israelis in israel, leaving 10 is release injured and three palestinian suspects wounded. in gaza, seven palestinians were wounded on october 10 after clashing with israeli defense forces near security barriers. on october 11, a palestinian woman and her four-year-old attacks gaza died after caused a going to collapse. the airstrikes were in response to rocket fire on israel, southern israel the day before october 10. palestinian militants fired at least eight rockets towards israel during the past week short with most falling and landing within gaza territory, and one being intercepted by iron dome. another rocket was test-fired, to which israeli defense forces responded with warning shot, injuring one palestinian. total -- as of yesterday, seven israelis and 32 palestinia

jerusalem, i fell for many years, that they're losing jerusalem. they're losing control over the mosque as well. the other guest had mentioned that the institutions of the leadership used to exist in jerusalem, the plo at something called the orient house, which was its headquarters in jerusalem that has been shut and and is shut down jerusalem has been separated by an enormous wall from the rest of the west bank. and when palestinians come and visit from gaza, for example, those few who are allowed exit permits and do get to come to jerusalem, they are in shock at what they see. and seeing it with their own eyes and going around the west bank, they come to the conclusion that the possibility of separating israel from an independent palestinian state anded a long time ago, nobody is offering any kind of solutions or answers to palestinians, including thrown leadership. and i think that is a big part of why you see palestinians actually acting right now outside of the political factions that dominate palestinian politics. palestinians feel like thos

east jerusalem. from the early morning, security forces moved in to try and stop residents there from coming across into west jerusalem. that measure was applied particularly around those palestinian neighborhoods where alleged attackers were coming from. and as night fell this evening, again, many mobile police checkpoints at access points between west jerusalem and east jerusalem and their police at least trying to check vehicles coming across from the east searching the vehicles and patting down the occupants of those vehicles. what have these measures actually done though to stop the violence from occurring? wednesday once again a day of clashes and of stabbings. let's take a look at this report. chaos on the streets of bethlehem in the occupied west bank. palestinian demonstrators clashed with the israeli army wednesday after the funeral of a 27-year-old shot and killed by israeli forces while protesting here a day earlier. in contrast, wer west jerusalems unusually quiet. security crack down fo

you can see that if we zoom in, there is jerusalem, and on the east side of jerusalem, there is part of the old city actually that falls into the west bank, and this has been an active area, and the country of israel is on high alert. i want to go out to our senior correspondent ben wedeman who is live in jerusalem, and can you update me on what happened in the latest attack in the latest half hour? >> yes, we are trying to make our way there at the moment, ashleigh. we understand that a man went to the bus station, and somewhere in the bus station, he stabbed a 50-year-old woman in the upper torso and then fled the scene, but of course, he was being chased by police and other standers by. and according to the israeli police with he has been neutralize and in fact, shot dead. that is the second attack of the day, and the first attack happened -- well, it was not an attack, but attempted attack the of a man wearing aing a green pf pant, and combat gear and he lunged a knife at them, and then ran away from the policemen, but the then he encountered more police, and they shot well over

, west jerusalem and occupied east jerusalem. and now these two attacks. >> and we reported the new restrictions that have been brought in. we'll get some reaction to those in a moment. but what about the effect of them. does it appear to have changed anything? >> reporter: right now, not -- nothing at all as we can see from these attacks, and the persistent demonstrations on the west bank, nothing has changed. however, there seems to be a very slow pace to the way the israeli government is introducing these measures. the troops -- some apparently have appeared in some cities escorting the police, but really the rest of the measures, including seals off areas in occupied east jerusalem that has not been completed yet. and that is done according to demands. so right now we're not seeing any major efforts being made on this list of measures that have been announced. the most controversial as mike hanna was saying, was the non-return of bodies of people deemed as terrorists. and also, beyond that, there is a established policy of de

from occupied east jerusalem. this morning, hours after the israeli security cabinet made announcement, all of those security measures, already israeli forces were starting to cordon off and moving in around some of the east jerusalem palestinian neighborhoods to try to restrict the movement of residents there coming across into the city, particularly those neighborhoods where the alleged attackers have come from, and then this evening, as night fell, the police were setting up mobile checkpoints to try to restrict traffic movements between east jerusalem and the rest. and certainly stopping what they believed were suspicious looking vehicles, patting down passengers and drivers and checking the vehicles they had. thethemselves, butcertainly, wee again a violent day, and street stabbings on the other. >> chaos in the streets of bethlehem in the occupied west bank. demonstrators crashed with the army on wednesday after the funeral. the 27-year-old was shot and killed by israeli forces, while protesting here earlier

david michaelis at link tv and he comes with west jerusalem and i come from west jerusalem, so we come from the same seat. but in reality, two different worlds. >> i was born in jerusalem and i've been living there all my life, since 1945. five years ago i came to the united states to launch a tv channel. and that's how i met jamal dajani. he challenged me to think about solutions that hadn't been discussed until now. and one day we said, well, we should test it on the ground. >> the reality there is very harsh. but why don't we go over there and do it. >> we are here in a bubble. after sometime of working together with jamal i said let's do this in california. you only have to choose in that neighborhood what kind of latte you want in the morning. >> when i go there i'm always eager to go to my people, to my neighborhood. i want to have the least interaction with the israelis as possible. >> many israelis don't want to know about palestinians. they don't want to reach out. they don't want to cross into streets and neighborhoods where the palestinians live because of a mixture of stere

to west jerusalem. we heard very little on what the palestinian authority plan to do to de-escalate the wave of violence currently gripping parts of jerusalem and israel, but we have heard from one of the israeli-palestinian members, they're trying to find a way to break the cycle of violence. >> so the solution is the end of the occupation. so this wave would end, but another wave will come. the anger will stay. and and they'll come again and again and again. >> now what he's saying is that it's a statement of principle, but certainly an israeli end to the occupation of the palestiniante palestinian territories. certainly not in the cards at this stage. >> thank you. five candidates for the democratic nomination will debate for the first time tonight. our political correspondent michael shure is at the wynn las vegas hotel where the debates are happening. >> yes, it's the place of the debates. many are saying i want to see who these people are before i decide who i want to vote for, gown hillary clinto

mike hanna, al jazeera, jerusalem. >> al jazeera's andrew simmons is in west jerusalem. give us the latest you have, andrew, on these attacks that we've seen in the last few hours. >> if they thought it would make any difference, it's completely shattered. you can see the scene of west jerusalem bus station when the police special forces were running through the building. i think you can hear the screams of shoppers and travelers confused, not sure what is going on, complete chaos there, running all the way through the mall, and then you can see that this phone video not very good quality, but the, you can't quite see in this video, but you see movement towards a doorway and gunshots can be heard on the original transmission. you can see the gunshots fire at the man who is ends up lying dead not quite laid out there on that video. but really a chaotic situation. the woman, the police say, a woman, an elderly woman was moderate to seriously injured. she's in hospital. and this came hours after another alleged attempted attack with a knife on security forces army at damasc

on the west bank of the jordan, in israel itself and especially in jerusalem. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu places the blame squarely on the palestinians and the leader of the palestinian national authority. >> i've called on the president abas to resume unconditional negotiations immediately. right now as we speak we can meet. i have no problem with that. i think we should stop meetly the wave of incitement against israel and these attacks. murdering attacks against jews. i'm willing to meet him. he is not willing to meet me and you can me about the resumption of negotiations. come on, get with the program. . >> translator: these days the israeli aggressive assault against our people and its land and its holy places is escalating and the racism is showing its ugly face and is making the occupation uglier and threatening peace and stability and threatening to spark the religious conflict that would burn everything, not only in the region but also in the whole world. >> al jazeera's carl has been reporting from jerusalem and he joins me now, carl wel

as the top of activity that is taking place in jerusalem. in terms of the protest themselves and what is happening and what is going on or the reasons for it, it is because this is a new generation that has lived exclusively underl military control. this is a generation that has not seen anything but the false promises of the oslo agreements, generation that has to apply for permits to be able to go visit the sea, to go to jerusalem, generation that recognizes the denial of freedom is not something that is normal or natural, and there are resisting this and standing up and saying to the israelis, once and for all, we want to be free and enough is enough. if the world is very concerned about these protest, etc., they should be demanding that israel and its occupation rather than demanding the protest he quashed. diana want to turn to nermeen: .utt budour hassan you have had the chance to speak person wasly of stabbed on thursday. can you talk about what the family said and what you understand is happening now? ghetto,s living in a under the o

and jerusalem. other members of the security council also spoke including representatives of the u.s., the u.k., and jordan. this is under two hours. >> good morning. the provisional agenda for this the following theme, the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules and procedure i invite the representative of israel to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. councile that the invite the permanent observer of the observer state of palestine to the united nations to participate in the meeting in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure in the previous practice in this regard. there being no objection, it is so decided. rule 39 ofce with the councils provisional rules therocedure i invite assistant secretary general political affairs to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of the item 2 of the agenda. you.e the floor

the mayor of jerusalem mentioned closing off the arab neighborhoods in jerusalem. ow would that work? sergio: this was a proposition made by the mayor of jerusalem today. apparently, it was adopted by the cabinet at midnight, but there were very technical thesems in implementing decisions. many palestinians who have to work and have to go out for their daily lives. if you close off the neighborhoods and people will not be able to work, you will bigger problems with violent actions, and this is a risk the government is facing. if they allow people out of the neighborhoods, in what way? how much time? if you have to go to work at 5:00 a.m., what our do you have to be at the checkpoint -- what hour do you have to be at the checkpoint? the implementation might lead to bigger problems in the city the moment it is implemented and if it will be implemented. more troublinghe aspects is a lot of it has been carried out by young people, young arab israelis and palestinians who do not member -- do not remember the last spate of violence in israel. : when we speak about jerusa

jerusalem and the west. those soldiers will be deployed on sunday. they are already quite large number of in the occupied east of the city. and as far as the west bank goes, we're hearing from sources that there were suggestions that it should be sealed off all together, but that was resisted by the military, the army said that wasn't a good idea, and it was in fact one of the most marathon-like sessions, that security cabinet, by lasted something in the region of six to seven hours before they reached the decisions for all of these security measures. so right now, in very measured terms, we're unsure of whether it will work, and so are the people of israel. palestinian and jews alike. >> andrew thank you very much indeed ahead of that expected address by the israeli prime minister to the foreign media. thank you. >>> syrian army has launched its anticipated offensive in the northern homs countryside. the fighting is focusing on a highway which links the provinces of homs and hama. the government wants this

unlikely, barbara. >> andrew simmons with the latest from west jerusalem, thank you. meanwhile, al jazeera's hoda abdel hamid is in bethlehem, sending us this update. >> are there have been detail confrontations between the protesters and israeli army. you see here behind me the preparation wall and behind that is where the israeli army is. all around me it's littered with stones. and i notice there's another type of weapon that the protesters use, little marble of all colors. marble balls. the ground is littered with that. people tell me every everyone they do expect and take precautions that there will be renewed clashes. because a young teenager died during clashes near ramallah yesterday afternoon. 13-year-old boy he received a rubber bullet in the back of his head. elsewhere in the occupied west bank we heard fighting, not large scale not very intense. ♪ >> turkey's prime minister says the government is close to identifying the two suicide bombers that it says carried out saturday'saturday's bomb attackn ankara. i.s.i.l. is the prime suspect. funerals meanwhile

here in jerusalem things have been somewhat calmer. there hasn't been any repeat of these incidents, but beefe beefp security to stem this campaign, but young muslim men were forced to pray on the pavement at the gate of the old city and that is once again enflaming religious and political sensibilities, ali, that is why it's very difficult to talk about any sense of conciliation here. we only seem to be set for more confrontation. >> and you mentioned the fact that men under the age of 40 are not being allowed to the al-aqsa mosque. are there other security measures being implemented as we head into the weekend or do we think things have called down a little bit? >> no, absolutely, during the week in fact the israeli government approved a beefed up package of security measures and we're seeing those come into force right now. for example additional border police units have been brought into jerusalem to work alongside the regular police and we expect also to see some of the first israeli soldiers out on the streets in jerusalem as wel

jerusalem, both in west jerusalem, and also on the streets of occupied east jerusalem, communities who have lived okay, uneasy neighbours for many years, and now seem to be distrusting each other more than ever before. but let's take a look at this report about how event of the day unfolded, and the kind of angry mood that is now being generated. [ sirens ] >> reporter: a morning that ended in a blood blast. israeli police say two palestinian attackers armed with a pistol and a knife stormed the number 78 bus, killing and wounding jewish passengers. >> we understand the attack took place here and in jerusalem, were carried out by lone wolves, terrorists. >> this lady says he was on the bus behind. >> the driver of the bus. the first bus come to us. we spoke to the driver. he is inside the inside. on one side of the city street, a palestinian neighbourhood of occupied east jerusalem, on the other, an illegal settlement under international law. hate red is seething. >> if they don't like it here, they can go to syria, germany. >> these bystanders are angry at israeli police or politician

mike hannah, al jazeera, east jerusalem. >>> let's get the lateliest from mike in jerusalem. describe the situation for us. >> unrestricrestrictions have bd on the area, restricted to residents and business owners in the old city. the access to the al-aqsa compound itself will be restricted. far wider than has been imposed before given that it vos t invos the whole of the old city, fawses yah. >> ifauziah. >> process of tension that has been rising over recent days in particular since the prime minister last been in the united states, attending the united nations gathering there. so certainly he will be discussing far wider issues, remembering as well that there was an attack in the west bank on thursday in which israeli citizens were shot and killed, and events around the al-aqsa compound where there has been mounting tension throughout the week. netanyahu coming up strong attack by israeli citizens who claim he being controlled over the situation and importantly, attacks from his own government, government is not doing enough in her words to control terror. so certainly, ne

new violence in jerusalem prompting israel to put up concrete barriers in east jerusalem. the great beauty of owning a property is that you can create wealth through capital appreciation, and this has been denied to many south africans for generations. this is an opportunity to right that wrong. the idea was to bring capital into the affordable housing space in south africa, with a fund that offers families of modest income safe and good accommodation. citi got involved very early on and showed an enormous commitment. and that gave other investors confidence. citi's really unique, because they bring deep understanding of what's happening in africa. i really believe we only live once, and so you need to take an idea that you have and go for it. you have the opportunity to say, "i've been part of the creation of over 27,000 units of housing," and to replicate this across the entire african continent. >>> the recent violence between israelis and palestinians has been escalating by the day. last night an armed arab assailant killed an israeli soldier at a bus station. adding t

holies have already set up checkpoints in palestinian areas of east jerusalem. that comes after three people were killed tuesday, the bloodiest day since a new exclamation of -- escalation of street violence occurred. our correspondent joins us from eurozone caret irris makler, tell us about what the situation is like today, particularly what is like in jerusalem where the clocking seven put in place. irris: there are blockades in the area from which the attackers in yesterday's attacks in jerusalem all came, all from this one area. israel says it will have checkpoints in place across other east jerusalem areas later in the day, i think by the close of business today. but residents of those areas, some of whom work inside jurist on and in other areas -- inside jerusalem and in other areas, there is an old arab saying that the locals know the back streets, and it will make it only more difficult for ordinary people driving out. most of these attackers have been 18 and younger, so they are not driving anyhow. so there is a feeling that the security measure actuall

-- the old city, i should say, of jerusalem, this is from it the "jerusalem post." they quote israeli police, according to a statement by israeli police -- again, this is in the jerusalem post -- a man caught disguised as a soldier was shot dead in neutralized by security forces running towards a security guard that was escorting a family by the gate to the old city. they stopped him before he managed to stab any bystander, that according to the jerusalem post is a statement by israeli police. >> here's what i can confirm for you. there's no doubt that the individual that was shot was in fact wearing camouflage pants and a camouflage t-shirt. if you ask me personally does that look like the israeli police uniform, well, the israeli police uniforms are wearing light blue. there are some border police that wear military green. neither one of them in camouflage. he was wearing a camouflage t-shirt. yes, military green camouflage t-shirt. military pants so i can definitely confirm for you that he was wearing a camouflage outfit here. >> you're saying he was disguised as

. >> another attack in jerusalem. a person has been stabbed as police shoot the man believed to be responsible. >>> democratic candidates came out swinging. we'll see if what they said was actually true. >> i'm melissa chan in las vegas taking a closer look at how the housing crisis continues to impact its aging population. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. we're following deviling news out of israel right now. about an hour ago, the israeli police shot a palestinian man who they say attacked a woman at the bus station. it happened at the very same time palestinians were protesting at israeli military crackdown. >> this situation which cause alarm we ask the international community to intervene immediately before it's too late. >> we have the latest now from jerusalem. >> well, any hope that these new security measures the announcement of these new security measures would have a pro found effect this is the scene of chaos right now at west jerusalem at a bus station. the police sa

♪ tensions ahead of friday prayers at a mosque in jerusalem with weeks of violence we are there live. ♪ hello there i'm julie and you are watching al jazeera live from doha and also coming up, on the program the syrian army backed by russian air strikes launches major offensive in homs and aleppo. u.s. sends military mission in afghanistan as taliban attacks intensify plus. ♪ reviving relations between america and cuba through music. ♪ united nations security council will be holding an emergency meeting following weeks of violence in occupied east jerusalem since the first of october 35 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed, the muslim friday prayer will begin at the mosque compound this hour but not all muslims can continue with restrictions of men under age of 40 to take part and mike hanna reports on the tense situation there. >> reporter: intense security at entrances to the old city, police ordering palestinians to lift their shirts and some instructed to remove their shoes but this group waving israeli flags passes through unchecked and this is related to anxiet

jeremy, bbc news, jerusalem. laura: and for more on the violence unfolding on the ground i spoke a brief time ooth from robert, a senior from the council on foreign relations. so robert, thank you for joining us. these latest clashes on citizensively were triggered over access to a contested hol esite in injury use aluminum by -- holy site in jerusalem but what is at the root here? robert: fear on the palestinian side, the muslim side that the israeli jews will come up and take over the muslim site and change the status quo. and that's a big fear that's driving much what's happening now. and today you had now an attack against joseph's tomb in the ancient city which obviously is a jewish religious site. so there is now this very strong religious overlay to what has already been a very strong national struggle and it's driven by fear on each side. laura: and as someone who has 20 years experience as a diplomat working the middle east, you've seen these cycles before but how do you see this one developing? robert:

there has also been an attack in jushgs lumbar, in a jerusalem in west jerusalem and a stabbing and using a potato peeler and attacker arrested and in a different way an attack in damona and there was an israeli 17-year-old attacked a group of arabs and wounded two at the west bank and two residents of a nearby village in the israeli was arrested by the police. so it's a series of events happening in the west bank and israel proper and tensions mounting high and police say very difficult of what they say a series of attacks carried out by what they call lone wolf attackers on random and unorganized basis. >> on the mosque compound and understand men under 45 have been ban from there and tell us what that reaction has had. >> well once again here at the mosque compound this is a major point of entrance, the damascus gate and it was filled through the morning and those age of 45 or legally resident in the old city were allowed to enter the gate behind me and palestinians gathered up the road in a short demonstration and one arrest made and the people there praying along with those praying i

>>> tensions ahead of friday prayers at al-aqsa mosque in jerusalem after weeks of violence. we are there live. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up. the u.s. extends its military mission in afghanistan astill bana at intensify. the syrian army backed by russian airstrikes launches a major offensive in homs. plus. another sign of improving ties between washington and havana, an iconic cuban band performs at the white house. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, the united nations security council will be holding an emergency meeting following vehicles of violence in occupied east jerusalem. since of 1st of october 34 palestinians and seven israelis have been kill. friday prayers will begin in a couple of hours but not all muslims can attend as israel continues its restrictions on men under the i'm of 40 from taking part. mike hannah reports on the tense situation there. >> reporter: intense security at entrances to the old city. police ordering palestinian to his lift their shirts. some instructed to remove their shoes. but this group waving

in jerusalem where we've had according to the israeli police a 23-year-old from the occupied east jerusalem area actually behind the separation wall. but cechcally still jerusalem's complicated area and one where people will tell you there are incredibly difficult conditions. he stabbed a student. that student is in moderate continue. this happened on the scene line which separates the west from occupied west jerusalem and what is interesting we had one of our al jazeera colleagues on the ground. he saw the latter half of what happened, and he didn't see an attempted stabbing, but he saw a young man lying on the ground. he was then shot seven or eight times. so incredibly tense situations still. a lot of these incidents have been happening in the occupied west bank. this latest wave started here in jerusalem moved towards the west bank. this is the first time we've had an incident of this nature in the last two weeks. >> and there have been more violent clashes between israeli forces and palestinians. medic had to be given treatment after being attacked by pepper spray by israelis. it happe

from east jerusalem. security forces were trying to stay up positions to cordon off some of the palestinian neighborhoods in east jurming jm particularly where alleged attackers have come from over the past few days. you might of course say what effect these security measures are having so far. as you say wednesday was certainly another violent day, street clashes on the one hand, more stabbings on the other. let's take olook at ther a looks report. >> occupied west bank. clashes with the israeli army after the funeral of a 27-year-old shot and killed by israeli forces while protesting a day earlier. in contrast west jerusalem was unusually quiet. deployed here and in several other cities as part of a government security crack down following a series of stabbings and shootings. >> you can see, it's almost empty here. so the people little bit afraid. especially the mothers or the kids going to the garden or to the school. >> reporter: latest incident came wednesday afternoon when an israeli woman was stabb

let's go live to west jerusalem. al jazeera's mike hannah is there. mike what, do we know about this incident? >> reporter: well, this attack apparently took place on a bus right on the seam line between west jerusalem and the occupied east. according to police, two palestinian os got on the bus examine opened fire.

mike hanna, al jazeera, occupied east jerusalem. >>> despite the new security measures more violence has broken out in the west bank city of bethlehem. mosque palestinians have hit an israeli military car with a molotov cocktail and burnt tires and threw stones and fired tear gas and israel is bolstering security along the border with gaza and deploying ba ta- -- batalions and we are joined this afternoon and benjamin netanyahu has been speaking out and what does he have to say about these developments? >> well, he is basically had a briefing of international media and a whole host of allegations once again of insightment. he claims from the palestinians. he was asked, pressed, in fact, on the issue of would he talk to macmood, abass about this issue and about peace in general and he said it was potentially useful to have a meeting and to have unconditional negotiations right away and the palestinians are on the record saying the futile are having negotiations about negotiations and in reality they are worlds apart and secretary of state john kerry is due to come out here and i think

in the latest incident, a palestinian man was shot dead, in east jerusalem. he teamed to stab a israeli military man. before he was shot dead. >> a young palestinian in agony shot by police who say he's been part of a random stabbing attack against two israelis. one man is shouting shoot him in the head. the teenager is in hospital with serious injuries. along with the two israeli victims. police say they shot dead his accomplice, another palestinian teenager. this is one of a trail of knife attacks and police shootings. monday was one of the darkest days in occupied east jerusalem since this crisis began. it started with a 17-year-old man shot dead. police say he tried to stab a border policeman. later, another 17-year-old, a schoolgirl, is shot and injured. police say she stabbed an officer. israeli's prime minister called it all knife terror when he addressed the knesset back from summer recess. he said tufer tougher measures e part of the fight-back. >> we are fighting on all the fronts. we have added forces and border police in jerusalem and all over the

and starting with east jerusalem. >> russian and u.s. militaries are finalizing an agreement that sets out the basic air safety procedures flying over syria. the civil war with concerns-- >> attempts by the west and particularly by the u.s. to put a break on this process to prevent a more stable international environment are lead to go chaos, an averagey and rejection. russia will continue to conduct a multi facetted international policy. it will try to make sure that security is observed throughout the world and in russia as well. >> well, lavrov made his comments with reports that iranian troops are arriving to support a government offensive in aleppo. they're already backed by hezbollah fighters and the russian air campaign. we're following the story from beirut. >> iran is a key ally of the syrian government and provided much-needed support over the years, political military as well as financial. and they don't hide the fact that they play an advisory role in syria, that they have military advisers on the ground along with syrian off

it's a developing story out of jerusalem. that's where there has been a failed attempt to stab a private bodyguard at the damascus gate plaza. officials say the attacker has been neutralized. all of this as new security measures are put into place across jerusalem. the israeli army is saying it will send in hundreds of troops to east jerusalem, backing up police forces as surging violence across the region shows no signs of letting up. cnn's ben wedeman is on the phone. he's on the scene. tell us more, ben. >> reporter: yeah, what i can tell you is just moments ago, israeli police and medical personnel carried away the body of this attacker who was shot at the damascus gate about half an hour ago after he tried to stab a private security guard who was accompanying a family into the old city. so the body's been taken away. there's still a very heavy security presence in this area. they've also brought in riot police on horseback as well to try to keep the situation under control. significant, this is, today until now has been

this happened on the line which separate west from occupied jest jerusalem in west jerusalem. and we had one of our al jazeera colleagues on the ground. he saw the latter half of what happened. he didn't see an attempted stabbing. but he said he saw a young man lying on the ground who was then shot seven or eight times. a lot of these incidents have been happening in the occupied west bank. the latest wave started here in jerusalem and moved towards the west bank. this is the first time we have had an incident of this nature in the last two weeks. >>> turkish voters are going back to the polls on sunday. after recent bomb attacks, fight inning with kurd separatists, and deepening economic concerns, some fear a similar outcome this time around. >> reporter: remote kurdish villages like this one in southeastern turkey have helped to keep the ak party in power for 13 years until june. that's when many voters switched to the people's democratic party, known by its the acronym, the hdp. >> translator: the kurds who voted hdp did so because their approach was much different from the

>> andrew simmons live in west jerusalem. andrew, for that update, thank you. >>> let's get more from the west bank now. hoda abdul hamid is in the ramallah. >> plow tests and the plow -- protests and on friday, the worst fighting was in bethlehem. tensions have risen there considerably over the past week simply because two protesters died on two different occasions, but one of them was a 13-year-old boy. now, there was also var fighting and unrest in other areas here in ramallah, in janeen in the north. violence that could indicate an escalation for the ong pied west bank. a man dressed as a journalist with a t-shirt identifying himself as "press" had walked towards a soldier and tried to slap him. the soldier was the slightly wounded. the man was shot dead on the spot. now, this is the first time it happened in the occupied west bank and certainly, it is rising fears among many on whether this isat something that signals the beginning of a way of stwave of stabbings is a so far has not happened in the west bank. >> now, to

it has shut down jerusalem institutions. the sense of despair that all palestinians feel is much more intense in jerusalem. charlie: does this have, as some have suggested, the possibility of becoming another intifada? khaled elgindy: that is certainly a possibility. i think for that to happen there would need to be a couple things that need to happen before then. it would have to be sustained over time, and that requires political organization and mobilization, and a certain level of discipline among the various palestinian factions. we just do not see that right now. the palestinian political scene is very fragmented and in a sort of state of disarray. previous uprisings sustained themselves mainly because the established political factions were able to sort of organize and coordinate with each other. that hasn't happened. as we have seen elsewhere in the region, when you have a sort of mass mobilization that is leaderless and cannot articulate clear political demands, it does not often succeed. what are the worst fears he

let's go live to west jerusalem. al jazeera's mike hannah is there. mike what, do we know about this incident? >> reporter: well, this attack apparently took place on a bus right on the seam line between west jerusalem and the occupied east. according to police, two palestinian os got on the bus examine opened fire. a number of israelis were wounded. the paramedics say one person was dead on the scene. one of the attackers was also killed. another of them has been arrested. a anybody of israelis have been injured in the attack. at least one of them listed as in a critical condition. this followed another attack in the religious neighborhood. a man drove in to a bus queue and started stabbing. police say he was apprehended. earlier on a number after at in the central israeli city. there a palestinian lightly injured israels. according to police he has also been arrested. clearly the most serious in gentlemajerusalem. >> thank you, mike. since the beginning of october 27 palestinians and four israelis have been killed in violence across israel in the oc

it is the second attack that has taken place in jerusalem in the last four hours. tight security continuing here. >> let's go live to ramallah, the palestinian president mahmood abbas, his address of the people. >> because our people because much discriminations and the occupation in such a way that is threatening the peace and stability and trying to we ask the international community to intervene immediately before it's too late. we're not accepting to change the situation al aqsa. i will not allow any israeli plans which target the islamist we're asking for help from the united nations. we will not continue with the situation of this occupation. i will not give up to the of the occupier who has been used biel israelis, which our people and our also killing children in cold blood in regions in the palestinian territory. we will use those who have been detained are the martyred, and the injured. the courageous palestinians, your assistance, the weren't and detention of all. yes, we have fate from our blood, our martyrs, but the price of freedom, which became betwe