The sweeping provisions included the approval of permits for 800 Gaza residents to visit the Temple Mount, and for 500 families from the area to visit residents of the West Bank. The measures also extended hours of operation at border crossings.

While no disruptions have been reported on the Temple Mount since the holiday commenced, a terrorist attack against a Border Police officer outside the Old City’s Damascus Gate on June 21 left the officer in critical condition.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the attack took place shortly before 11 a.m., when the man threw the objects at the group before attempting to flee the area.

No one was wounded, he said.

“Police and security guards immediately apprehended the suspect and placed him under arrest to ensure visitors could continue without any further disruptions,” said Rosenfeld.

In a gesture of goodwill, the day before Ramadan the IDF announced that it would significantly ease border restrictions to allow hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank pray in Jerusalem, and visit with separated families.

The assailant was shot at the scene and taken to an area hospital in serious condition.

Additionally, 300 Palestinians living abroad were approved to visit relatives living in the Gaza Strip.

Days later, rocket fire from the Gaza Strip resulted in the government rescinding 500 entry permits to Jerusalem for residents of the coastal enclave to pray at Muslim’s third holiest site.

A Muslim man was arrested on the Temple Mount Monday morning after throwing rocks and shoes at a group of Jewish visitors.

The attack comes amid significantly heightened security at the contested holy site for the month of Ramadan, during which tens of thousands of Muslims have made pilgrimages to al-Aqsa Mosque.