[HIGHLIGHTS] The most explosive Ramadan - and in wartime: this is what the last security belt looks like on the way to the Temple Mount - voila! news

The IDF is preparing for extreme scenarios in the most heated period since the second intifada. The fear of attacks on the crossings was palpable, the effort to set the area on fire rose in the intelligence.

Alertness and vigilance was raised at the crossings: Hizma, A-Zaim and Zeitim around Jerusalem. Almost every week there are attempts to smuggle illegal residents, smuggle equipment and in extreme cases carry out terrorist attacks, writes Yossi Ben-Ghiat.