Israel is barring some Palestinians from entering the Old City of Jerusalem after two knife attacks, one fatal, on Israelis.
The restrictions are for two days and will stop Palestinians from entering the area unless they live there.
On
Saturday, a Palestinian stabbed two Israelis to death. Another stabbed
and wounded an Israeli teenager. Police shot dead both attackers.
There are reports of renewed unrest in parts of the occupied West Bank.
Disturbances were also reported in parts of East Jerusalem.
More
than 70 Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with Israeli security
forces and Jewish settlers in the past 24 hours, says the Palestinian
Red Crescent.
The latest violence comes days after an Israeli couple were shot dead by Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday.
After holding emergency talks with security officials on Sunday,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a series of new
measures, including "fast tracking the razing of terrorists' homes", he
said.
'Escalation'
The following restrictions will be in place for two days:
Only Palestinian residents, local
business owners and students - as well as tourists and Israeli citizens -
will be allowed in to the Old City
Access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound will be restricted
For men, only those over 50 will be allowed to enter
No age restrictions for women
Worshippers only allowed to enter through one gate
Violence has increased recently, with rising tensions over the
flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound and violent confrontations between
Israeli security forces and Palestinian youths, says the BBC's Yolande
Knell in Jerusalem.
The mosque is built in a compound in East
Jerusalem known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and
to Jews as Temple Mount. The area is revered by both faiths.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned of a dangerous escalation in Jerusalem and the West Bank following the attacks.
"Recalling
the recent deadly attack on another Israeli family in the occupied West
Bank, and in light of the wave of extremism and violence sweeping the
region, the secretary-general is deeply concerned that these latest
incidents signal a dangerous slide toward escalation," his offices said in a statement.
Mr Ban said he was "deeply troubled" by statements from Palestinian militants, including Hamas, praising such attacks.
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Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Bennett were killed in Saturday's stabbing attack in Jerusalem
The first stabbing incident took place on Saturday evening in the Old City.
A
Palestinian man attacked Aharon Bennett, 21, his wife, their
two-year-old son and baby daughter who were on their way to pray at the
Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, the Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement.
The attacker was named as Mohammad Halabi, a 19-year-old law student from a village near Ramallah in the West Bank.
Rabbi
Nehemia Lavi, a reserve officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was
killed as he tried to defend the family, the ministry said.
Mr Bennett's wife was seriously wounded, while their young son suffered minor injuries and their baby was unharmed, it added.
In
the second incident, a Palestinian teenager stabbed an Israeli teenager
on a street in West Jerusalem in the early hours of Sunday. The
attacker was also shot dead by police.
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