Districts of Israel

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın called on Israel to act with "common sense" over the initial approval of a draft law that will silence the Muslim call to prayer at certain hours, saying "the response of the Muslim world will be loud and clear."

Israel approved building permits on Jan. 22 for hundreds of homes in three East Jerusalem settlements, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump took office, expecting him to row back on the last administration's criticism of such projects. 

A Palestinian drove a truck on people in Jerusalem. According to the first information there are four soldiers dead and at least ten more people wounded.

The perpetrator was shot and killed on the spot. According to the authorities there is no doubt that the attack was intentional and not an accident.

At least four people died on Sunday as a truck rammed into a crowd in Jerusalem, local media say.

The driver, who police say was neutralized, was an East Jerusalem resident, according to Jerusalem Post.

Thirteen others were left wounded in the attack. Of these, three are in serious condition.

All victims, three women and a man, were reportedly in their 20s.

UNESCO has officially adopted the resolution on the preservation of Palestinian cultural heritage in East Jerusalem which caused angry protests on the part of Israel, reported BNR.

The project on the resolution approved last week caused a harsh reaction on the part of Israel which stated that it is freezing its cooperation with the cultural organisation.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has received "death threats' over her supposed reservations about a resolution that would only highlight holy sites in Jerusalem as Muslim and not Jewish.

"The director general has received death threats and her protection has had to be reinforced," Carmel Shama Cohen, Israel's Ambassador to the UN, has told Israeli public radio, according to AFP.

Bulgarian authorities are investigating a suspected murder in the Palestinian embassy in Sofia.

The Bulgarian prosecutor's office informed on Friday that an embassy official had submitted a signal for death resulting from violence on the territory of the embassy.

Israeli authorities announced on Feb. 17 they had uncovered findings proving for the first time the existence of an established human settlement in Jerusalem as far back as 7,000 years ago.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a review of the status of certain Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, an official confirmed on Oct. 26, a decision that could potentially strip tens of thousands of Palestinians of their Israeli residency rights.

Israel took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from Jerusalem's Old City on Oct.4 as tensions mounted following attacks that killed two Israelis and wounded a child.