Another Israeli police officer was lightly wounded in the attack, and two Palestinian bystanders were wounded in the shootout that followed the initial assault. The Israeli military raided the village Saturday, imposing a closure, but officials also said Friday night's attacks were carried out by individuals without a formal link to any group.
The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the fatal stabbing of an Israeli policewoman outside Jerusalem's Old City, in what would be a first for the jihadists in Israel.
SITE Intelligence Group, a company that tracks online activity of white supremacist and jihadist organizations, said the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed the attackers as part of their organization.
Three Palestinians armed with an automatic weapon and knives attacked Israeli officers on duty in twin attacks at two locations near Jerusalem's Old City Friday evening, critically wounding one before they were shot and killed.
Israel had previously announced its annual goodwill measures for Ramadan that included 200,000 thousand visiting permits for family visits for Palestinians from the West Bank and access for 100 Gaza residents to attend prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque. [The attack is] revenge for God's religion and for the violated sanctities of Muslims.
According to the Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian-based Hamas terrorist group claimed the attackers were affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP).
Hamas also claimed responsibility for the two attacks.
The Shin Bet internal security agency identified the three perpetrators as Braa Salah and Asama Atta, both born in 1998, and Adel Ankush, born the following year. The Israeli police declared they " Deported over 350 Palestinians, who entered Jerusalem without permits, and returned them to the Palestinian territories".
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Netanyahu said security forces were preparing to demolish the homes of the three terrorists in the West Bank village of Deir Abu-Mashal.
While the volatile east Jerusalem entrance has been heavily secured following Friday's coordinated attacks, and visitation by Muslim's to the Temple Mount have not been limited, Rosenfeld said on Sunday morning that two Arab suspects were arrested for attacking police.
On Saturday, almost 350 Palestinians from the West Bank were sent back, according to Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri.
Israeli police said the three Palestinian assailants were killed.
Reports say security operatives had a torrid time in the area following the incident as angry onlookers gathered in the area with police trying to push hundreds o people out of the Old City.
UN Middle East peace process coordinator Nickolay Mladenov said that "terrorist acts" like Friday's "must be clearly condemned by all". Both the incidents took place nearly simultaneously.
"I am appalled that once again some find it appropriate to justify such attacks as "heroic", Mladenov said in a statement.
The incidents were the latest in a wave of violence that has claimed the lives of at least 250 Palestinians, 41 Israelis, two Jordanian tourists, two USA nationals, two refugees from Sudan and Eritrea and a British tourist since mid-September 2015.
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