Palestinian kills 1, injures 4 Zionist settlers

The heroic attack took place near an entrance of Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to Israeli police. Violence surrounding the site, which is considered one of Islam's most revered locations, has triggered previous rounds of fighting between the Zionist regime and the Palestinians, most recently in May.

Paramedics said one Zionist settler suffered critical injuries, one suffered serious wounds, and three others were lightly injured. Jerusalem´s Hadassah hospital later said the critically injured person died. The paramedics said the Palestinian attacker was confirmed dead at the scene.

Police said two of those lightly injured were officers and identified the attacker as an east Jerusalem resident in his 40s. Israeili Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev claimed that the gunman was a member of Hamas's political arm from the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, and that the man's wife left the country three days earlier.

The Hamas militant group praised the attack in a statement, calling the incident a "heroic operation."

"Our people´s resistance will continue to be legitimate by all means and tools against the Zionist occupier until our desired goals are achieved and the occupation is expelled from our holy sites and all of our lands," spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanou said.