Israeli news sources have marked the beginning of the latest intifada as July 2014 , corresponding with the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir , a sixteen-year-old Palestinian who was kidnapped and burned alive by Jewish extremists — a retaliatory attack following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers . Three weeks later , thousands of Palestinians marched from Ramallah toward Jerusalem . Protesters were stopped and confronted by Israeli border guards near the Qalandiya checkpoint where violence erupted , leaving 200 Palestinians wounded and two dead . A notable increase of attacks in Jerusalem was observed by Israeli security sources in the aftermath of the Khdeir murder and Israel 's Operation Protective Edge on the Gaza Strip . The violence seemed to be waning until , on October 22 , Adbel-Rahman Shaloudi , a twenty-one-year-old Hamas operative from Silwan , rammed his car into a group of passengers waiting at the Ammunition Hill light rail station . The attack left two dead , including a three-month-old baby , and seven injured . A brief uptick in Arab rioting followed . A week later , prominent right-wing activist Yehuda Glick , described as an " Israeli-American agitator " , was shot point blank and critically wounded minutes after his speech at a conference titled " Israel returns to the Temple Mount " . The suspected attacker , Muataz Hijazi , was killed within hours as Israeli security forces raided his Abu Tor home . The failed assassination attempt prompted Israeli officials to bar access to the Temple Mount — a 14-year first — after security assessments were made . Thereafter , a minimum age of 50 years for men stayed in place into November . Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the closure a " declaration of war . " On November 5 , 2014 , Ibrahim al-Akri , a Hamas operative from Shuafat , deliberately drove a van at high speed into a crowd of people waiting at the Shimon HaTzadik light rail station in the Arzei HaBira neighborhood of Jerusalem . The attack left two people dead and thirteen wounded . A few hours later , a second vehicular attack occurred in Gush Etzion . Hamam Jamal Badawi Masalmeh rammed into three soldiers waiting at a bus stop , injuring all three . Masalmeh fled the scene and turned himself in to the police the next morning claiming it was an accident . Police later determined it was a terrorist attack . Following the vehicular attacks , political cartoons were posted to Fatah and Hamas websites by supporters dubbing the acts the " car intifada " , likening cars to small arms and Hamas M-75 rockets
murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
Kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
2014 Jerusalem unrest