Roughly a month after being shot four times at point-blank range by an Arab terrorist in Jerusalem, Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick is expected to be released from Shaare Tzedek Hospital in the capital on Monday and go home.
Glick has yet to recover completely from the assassination attempt which left him in critical condition, and still has difficulty speaking due to the wounds inflicted on his respiratory system.
In the process of his miraculous recovery, Glick underwent several surgeries in which part of his lung was removed, as well as part of his intestines.
Last Thursday the IDF Homefront Command issued a warning order of two days for the house of Mu'taz Hijazi, the Islamic Jihad terrorist who shot Glick, to be evacuated prior to its demolition.
Hijazi, who was eliminated as he fought back during Yamam special forces attempts to apprehend him, lived in the Abu Tur neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. He also was employed in a restaurant at the Begin Heritage Center where the shooting took place - despite having spent 11 years in jail for terrorism, a sentence lengthened twice for assaulting prison guards.
The terrorist, who was located thanks to Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) intelligence information, went on to the roof of his home and opened fire on security forces in resisting the arrest, forcing them to return fire and kill him.
Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau last Monday paid a visit to Glick in the hospital, in which Glick recounted the harrowing attack for the first time.
Glick's near-death experience has apparently energized the public discourse on the Temple Mount, where Glick has championed efforts for Jewish prayer in the face of the Jordanian Waqf's ban of such prayer despite Israeli laws ensuring religious freedoms.
Recent polls have found a greater desire to visit the Temple Mount among religious Zionist Jews in Israel following the attack.