The suspect, following his arrest by police, was taken to the Old City police station for questioning.
In the West Bank, Israeli troops killed four Palestinians during raids, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA said. Two of the dead were identified by militant factions as their members.
Police officers at the station shot and killed the terrorist.
Over 4,200 Jewish pilgrims have visited the Temple Mount so far during the Sukkot holiday.
The statement came as a response to a video circulating online of Orthodox Jews spitting on Christians in Jerusalem's Old City.
The more than-16,000 km. flight will be run by Fiji Airways, which will be making the airline’s first-ever landing in Israel.
The Old City’s Dung Gate complex was upgraded up to the entrance to the Western Wall.
The terrorist was apprehended by police at the scene. A second person suffered from minor stab wounds in the attack.
Orian Ben Khalifa had reported that she had been arrested because 25-year-old Hala Salim had assaulted her by pushing her, scratching her face, and pulling her hair.
Police officers and a number of worshipers on the Temple Mount scuffled after the incident, according to Palestinian reports.
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