Israeli police say a Palestinian man has rammed a car into a crowd of pedestrians in Jerusalem in a “deliberate attack” that injured 10 people, including at least three police officers.  A local hospital says one of the officers later died.

Authorities said the car hit a train platform Wednesday, then the man got out to attack people with a metal pole.  Police shot him dead.

The attack comes two weeks after a similar incident in the same area.  

In that attack, a Palestinian driver slammed a car into a crowded train station, killing a baby and injuring eight other people.

Also Wednesday, Israeli police clashed with dozens of Palestinians who threw rocks at the officers near a disputed Jerusalem holy site after Jewish nationalists announced plans to visit the area.

The ancient compound marks the holiest place in Judaism and third holiest in Islam, and it is a flashpoint of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel closed the Mosque of Al-Aqsa last week amid growing unrest after police killed a suspected Palestinian gunman in a nearby Arab neighborhood.

The suspect had allegedly shot and critically wounded right-wing Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick, who advocates Jewish prayers at the disputed holy place and even the rebuilding of the biblical Temple there.  

 
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