According to the police, the attacker had a machine gun.
There had been an attack there just a few days ago.
Jerusalem - Another fatal incident occurred near the Temple Mount.
One of the victims died after being shot in the old city of Jerusalem.
As reported from hospital circles, he died at the age of 30.
The Israeli police said on Sunday morning that at least four people were injured in the machine gun attack, two of them seriously.
The two seriously injured are civilians, the victims with minor injuries are police officers.
The attacker was killed by the security forces.
Middle East conflict: Another fatal incident a few days ago in Jerusalem
The Temple Mount (Al-Haram al-Sharif) with the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam.
But it is also holy to Jews because two Jewish temples used to stand there.
Violent incidents occur again and again in the area of the strictly guarded facility.
Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Israel were the scene of anti-Israel attacks for months from October 2015, most of which were perpetrated by individual young Palestinians.
Most recently, a 16-year-old attacker injured two Israeli border police officers with a knife in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
He was shot dead by the security forces.
Around 200,000 Israelis live in East Jerusalem, where 300,000 Palestinians also live.
Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank is illegal under international law.
It has continued under all Israeli governments since 1967.
(AFP / dpa / frs)