In this February 12, 2023 photo, Israeli border police forces gather on a rooftop near the Western Wall and the Dome of Rock Mosques in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. A man arrested by Israeli police near a flashpoint mosque compound in Jerusalem grabbed an officer's gun and fired it, prompting the unit to shoot him dead, the force said on Saturday.
The incident at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, an icon of Palestinian nationalism, came at a high point of Muslim attendance for the holy month of Ramadan.
The slain man was identified as a 26-year-old resident of Hura, a Bedouin town in south Israel, according to the police statement. There were no police casualties, it added.
Reuters couldn't verify the account immediately.
Israel-Palestinian tensions are simmering after months of violence in areas of Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.