Tension mounts amid new attacks in Israel

Wednesday night a van was driven into three Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The attack, caught on CCTV cameras, left all three troops injured, reports CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey.

It was the second such incident in less than 24 hours.

Earlier on Wednesday, in another attack recorded by security cameras, a policeman was killed and 13 people were injured when a Palestinian man slammed his car into a train station and a bus stop in Jerusalem.

He then attacked pedestrians with an iron bar before being shot dead.

Thursday morning, cement barriers were put in place to prevent future attacks.

Police said the attacker had ties to the militant Palestinian group Hamas.

The focal point -- and some say the cause of the rising tension and violence in the Holy Land -- is the Temple Mount. The area is sacred to both Jews and Muslims, but Jews are only permitted to pray there under strict conditions.

Israeli riot police moved in to clear barricades set up by Palestinian protesters after right wing Israeli politicians attempted to pray at the site on Wednesday.

In spite of an order by Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to tread cautiously, right wingers have made a point of pushing the limits, prompting fear among Palestinians that there are plans to take over the site.

Palestinians and Jordan -- which is technically responsible for the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount -- urged the U.N. Security Council to demand that Israel stop what they termed "violations" at the holy sites.

Jordan also withdrew its ambassador to Israel in protest.