Israeli security services say they shot and killed on Thursday morning a Palestinian man believed to have been involved in the Wednesday night shooting of a Jewish right wing activist Yehuda Glick.
The shooting took place at in the neighborhood of Abu Tor, on the seamline between west and east Jerusalem, at 7 A.M.
Shin Bet security services say the man was suspected of being behind the attempt on the life of Yehuda Glick, and had opened fire at Israeli security forces whom were attempting to arrest him, when he was killed.
In wake of drive-by shooting
Prominent U.S.-born right-wing activist Yehuda Glick was seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.
The gunman was an Arab man who intentionally targeted Glick, said MK Moshe Feiglin, who leads the far-right segment of Likud and said he witnessed the shooting.
'The attempted murderer turned to him and confirmed in Hebrew, in a heavy Arabic accent, that it was Yehuda,' Feiglin told reporters. He said Glick was in the middle of loading equipment into his car after attending a conference about the Temple Mount that was held at the Begin Center.
Glick, who often led groups of Jews to visit the Temple Mount, founded an organization advocating for Jews to be allowed to pray at the Temple Mount, which would mark a highly charged change to the delicate status quo.
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