The Islamic State issued a statement taking responsibility for the stabbing and shooting attacks Friday evening.
Israeli security services have occasionally announced arrests of small cells said to be affiliated with IS, and the army has tracked the group's forces on the Syrian and Egyptian border, but the organisation has thus far not claimed a fatal attack against Israelis from the West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers imposed a strict siege on the village. "At this stage no indication has been found it was directed by terrorist organizations, nor has any connection to any organization been found", Simri said.
Israeli police stand around a body of a Palestinian after the attack in Jerusalem's occupied Old City on Friday.
About 42 Israelis have also been killed in attacks carried out by Palestinians since October 2015.
Two Palestinians were shot dead after opening fire at and trying to stab a group of Israeli police officers at one scene, police said. "3 Arab terrorists shot by police units that responded at the scene".
The article's headline, "Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem", was called to attention by US President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr.in a tweet on Saturday. She later died in hospital of her wounds.
In a briefing with journalists Jerusalem police commander Yoram Halevy said the three men involved in the attack were aged between between 18 and 19 years old and had entered Jerusalem from the West Bank.
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Three Israeli security personnel and two civilians were injured.
More so, Israeli authorities have transformed Jerusalem to a military garrison and raided the Ramallah village known as Deir Abu Mash'al, where the three perpetrators were based.
Israeli forces have also seized 40 cars belonging to the residents and distributed leaflets threatening the villagers with harsh punitive measures, according to WAFA. It gave each attacker a nom-de-guerre, with each one holding the last name Al-Maqdisi.
The area around Damascus Gate was sealed off in the hours after the attack, with a few youths throwing fireworks at security forces.
An approach road full of stalls opened especially for Ramadan was closed off by police.
A police official said on Sunday that the discussions on if or how the security procedures around the busy Old City entrance would change were being held with "consultation from high-level political leadership".
In response to critics, the British broadcaster compiled an internal report in 2004 over its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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