Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian man in occupied East Jerusalem today after he rammed a minivan into police officers at a train stop before attacking people with an iron bar.

One Israeli was killed in the attack and a further 13 were wounded.

Occupation police had earlier dispersed dozens of masked Palestinians who threw rocks and firecrackers near the al-Aqsa mosque site in the Old City in response to a provocative visit by a group of Jewish extremists.

The Jordanian government recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations and said that it would approach the UN security council to demand that Tel Aviv end its provocations.

Jordan, which used to wield sovereignty over the West Bank, retains custodial rights over Muslim holy sites in the Old City.

Israeli police identified the attacker as Ibrahim al-Akari, who had recently been released from prison for crimes against the occupation.

Islamic resistance group Hamas, which acknowledged him as a member, said that Mr Akari, "whose blood watered the land of the occupied holy city of Jerusalem, preferred to retaliate for the blood of his people and the sacredness of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem."

Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum praised the "glorious operation" and called for more attacks.

Israeli Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch praised the police officer who killed Mr Akari, saying that "a terrorist who attacks civilians deserves to be killed."

The attack was similar to one two weeks ago when a car driven into a crowded train station killed a woman and a baby.