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A pickup truck rammed into a group of Zionists assembled at a rail road station in occupied East Al-Quds on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding a number of others, the Zionist Channel 2 reported.

Palestinian Operation in Occupied Al-Quds Kills One Settler, Injures Numbers

The operation was carried out by a Palestinian from the occupied Eat Al-Quds neighborhood of Shuafat, it added.

The Zionist Minister of Internal Security said that one of occupation Border Patrol troops is among the injured.

Zionist newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth stated that the Palestinian driver first hit a group of security forces waiting at a crosswalk on a main road, and then headed for the train station and continued driving down the street, hitting cars. He then rammed into a group of Zionists with his car, killing one settler and leaving two with serious wounds, two others in moderate condition and one in light condition.

He then continued to hit a number of cars and then stopped, exited the car and proceeded to attack additional Zionists.

Border Patrol forces then shot at him and was martyred.

Earlier on Wednesday, "Israeli" police clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Al-Quds on Wednesday and right-wing extremists toured the holy place, witnesses said.

Several youths suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation and were injured by rubber-coated bullets and shrapnel from stun grenades, the guards said.

Witnesses added that two of the youths were badly injured -- one in the head and another in the eye.

A doctor and nurse were allowed to enter the compound an hour later.

"Israeli" forces raided the al-Qabali mosque, where Muslims conduct Friday prayers, and later closed the mosque with chains and steel barriers as right-wing extremists prepared to tour the compound, the director of the occupied Al-Quds department of religious endowment, Azzam al-Khatib, said.

Additionally, restrictions were imposed on Palestinian worshipers entering the compound. Men under 50 years old were banned from entering and women were forced to hand over their identity cards upon entering.

Moreover, the clashes quickly spread into the alleys of the surrounding Old City, an AFP correspondent reported. Near Lions' Gate, one of the seven entrances to the historic heart of occupied East Al-Quds, "Israeli" police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a large crowd of Palestinians.

Dozens of children on their way to school were affected by the gas, the correspondent reported.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team