Israel has placed CCTV cameras near an entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem as tensions over security measures there continue.
Metal detectors installed after two Israeli policemen were killed have sparked protests by Palestinians.
It remains unclear if the metal detectors will be removed.
Tensions over the site, known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Temple Mount, have surged in recent days, with further deaths.
What's the controversy about?
The site in Jerusalem's Old City is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. Jews revere it as the location of two Biblical Temples and holiest site in Judaism. It is also the al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam.
The area, in East Jerusalem, has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Middle East war.
Israel says that three Israeli Arabs who carried out the 14 July shooting near the compound were able to smuggle guns inside and that metal detectors are needed to stop similar attacks. Police chased the attackers into the site afterwards and shot them dead.
But Palestinians strongly object to the installation of metal detectors. They see it as a move by Israel to assert more control over the sacred site and as a violation of longstanding access arrangements.
Many Palestinians have prayed in the streets instead of going through the metal detectors.
How much violence has there been in recent days?
Three Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces on Friday as thousands protested in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. They were Mohammad Abu Ghannam, 19; Muhammad Sharaf, 19; and Mohammad Lafi, 18, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Later three Israeli civilians were stabbed to death at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank by a Palestinian who entered a home.
They were Yosef Salomon 70, and his daughter Chaya, 46, and son Elad, 36, according to Israeli officials. Mr Saloman's wife, Tova, was injured but survived.
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