Troops sent to West Bank after Israeli killed in attack

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Nadav said he kicked the attacker in the leg and then got out of his way before another neighbour arrived and shot him dead.

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Ovadia, a father of two young children, later died in a hospital.

Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, issued a statement praising the attack but did not claim responsibility. Spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called it a “brave operation that responds to the daily ugly crimes the occupation commits against our people.”

Forces measured the attacker’s house ahead of its planned demolition, the military said. Israel typically demolishes the homes of Palestinian attackers calling it a deterrent measure, but critics consider the policy collective punishment.

Israelis have faced a wave of Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings, on civilians and soldiers over the past two years but these types of assaults have declined recently.

The settlement located about 5 kilometres (3 miles) from Jerusalem is also called Geva Binyamin. Israel captured the West Bank and east Jerusalem in the 1967 war and has since built dozens of settlements there.

Much of the international community views the settlements as illegal and an obstacle to peace. Israel says the fate of settlements must be resolved through peace talks.

Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a statement saying “the best answer to terrorism” is Israeli settlement in the West Bank, adding that he will advance the building of hundreds of housing units in Adam in the coming weeks.

After Muslim noon prayers Friday, some worshippers at the most sensitive holy site in Jerusalem threw stones and shot fireworks at Israeli officers stationed nearby, police and Palestinian witnesses said. They were the first such clashes in about a year.

Police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd.

A few dozen Palestinian stone throwers barricaded themselves in the mosque and police later entered and detained several of them.

Police said they arrested 24 Palestinians and four officers were injured in the unrest.

The incident occurred at a site sacred to both Muslims and Jews that is ground zero for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The walled compound is home to both the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. It is Islam’s third-holiest site after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Jews revere the hilltop compound as the Temple Mount, site of the two Jewish biblical temples. It is the holiest site in Judaism and the nearby Western Wall, is the holiest place where Jews can pray.

Shlomo Mor, The Associated Press