Jerusalem police have detained two American students on suspicion of photographing a sensitive security installation at the entrance to the city.
Authorities have requested a five-day extension of their detention as the investigation continues.
No further details have been released at this stage.
Crime in Jerusalem
Last week, a man was arrested for spraying antisemitic graffiti at the Western Wall and the Great Synagogue, as well as several other locations in Jerusalem.
“There is a Holocaust in Gaza,” said the graffiti in Hebrew.
The police detained the 27-year-old Jerusalem resident for questioning, and a judge later denied the extension of his detention, and refused the polices’s request to ban the suspect from the Western Wall.
“I cannot remove a Jew from the Western Wall,” he said.
The judge ordered the suspect's release and his referral to a psychiatric facility for evaluation.
This is a developing story.