Israeli police declared that Palestinians will be banned from entering Jerusalem's Old City for two days after twin attacks on Israelis that also left the perpetrators dead, France 24 reports.
The ban concerns Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem who do not live inside the Old City, and only Israelis, tourists, residents of the area, business owners and schoolchildren able to enter. .
In addition only women will be allowed to worship at the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque, while the entry of men aged 50 and above will be banned.
The ban came after an incident on Saturday, when a Palestinian man stabbed a passerby in west Jerusalem before being shot dead by police while he was fleeing the scene.