JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the escalation in Israel and the Palestinian territories over a contested Jerusalem holy site (all times local):

1:45 p.m.

Israel’s prime minister is praising an Israeli security guard for acting “calmly” after being attacked near the Israeli Embassy in Jordan.

Benjamin Netanyahu met the guard on Tuesday after he returned to Israel following intense negotiations. Jordan initially said he could leave only after an investigation while Israel insisted he had diplomatic immunity.

Netanyahu told the guard, identified only by his first name, Ziv, that there was never a question about bringing his home.

He says that “it was only a question of time and I am pleased that it was short.”

The guard opened fire after he was attacked with a screwdriver, killing his attacker and another bystander. He says “a weight has been lifted from my heart” and thanked the Israeli government for bringing him home.

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1:25 p.m.

An acrimonious session of Jordan’s parliament was cut short after lawmakers walked out in protest over the government’s handling of a deadly shooting at the Israeli Embassy in the kingdom.

Interior Minister Ghaleb al-Zoabi presented the initial findings to lawmakers on Tuesday, saying an Israeli security guard opened fire, killing two Jordanians, after one of them attacked him with a screwdriver.

He said Sunday’s shooting took place during a furniture delivery to a building linked to the embassy, meaning the incident was covered by diplomatic immunity rules.

Initially, Jordan had refused to let the guard leave without an investigation, but he and all other embassy staff returned to Israel on Monday.

The legislators’ walkout reflected widespread anger in Jordan over the shooting, and the unpopularity of its peace deal with Israel.

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12:30 p.m.

The American ambassador to Israel says the speedy resolution of a diplomatic crisis with Jordan proves how closely Israel works with the Trump administration.

David Friedman told Israeli lawmakers in parliament on Tuesday that the standoff over a deadly shooting near the Israeli Embassy in Jordan could “have gone very bad” without the American intervention.

Trump’s Mideast envoy, Jason Greenblatt, met with Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday in the administration’s first high-level, on-the-ground engagement in the crisis.

Friedman said “we were able to diffuse the situation very quickly that under other circumstances could not have ended as successfully.”

The Israeli security guard involved in the shooting returned home late Monday after intense negotiations. Jordan initially said he could leave only after an investigation while Israel insisted he had diplomatic immunity.

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11:10 a.m.

A senior cleric says Muslims should stay away from a major Jerusalem shrine, pending a review of the new Israeli security arrangements there.

Ikrema Sabri, the head of the Supreme Islamic Committee in the city, said such a review might be completed later on Tuesday.

Muslim worshippers have stayed away from the sacred compound since Israel installed metal detectors there last week. Instead, they performed mass prayer protests outside the shrine, which is revered by both Muslims and Jews.

Earlier Tuesday, Israel’s security Cabinet said it would replace the metal detectors with “advanced technologies,” reportedly cameras that can detect hidden objects, but said this could take up to six months.

Sabri told The Associated Press that “our position is that for now, nobody should enter” the shrine.

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10:00 a.m.

An Israeli security Cabinet minister says the decision to remove metal detectors from a contested Jerusalem shrine corrected the mistake of placing them there in the first place.

Yoav Galant was the lone Cabinet member to vote against the original decision to upgrade security measures at the site after Arab attackers opened fire from it earlier this month, killing two Israeli policemen.

He acknowledged that as a member of the Cabinet he bore “collective responsibility” for the initial decision.

He told Israel’s Army Radio on Tuesday that the removal marks a “fixing of a previous mistake.”

Israel has defended the metal detectors as a necessary security measure to prevent further attacks. Muslims claimed Israel’s real goal was to expand control at the site and subsequently launched mass protests.

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8:10 a.m.

Israel has begun dismantling metal detectors it installed a week earlier at the gates of a contested Jerusalem shrine following widespread Muslim protests.

The removal is meant to defuse escalating tensions between Israel and the Muslim world, including key security ally Jordan. The kingdom is the Muslim custodian of the shrine that is also holy to Jews.

It remains unclear if Muslim religious leaders will accept a decision by Israel’s security Cabinet early on Tuesday to replace the metal detectors with “sophisticated technology,” reportedly cameras that can detect hidden objects.

Israel installed the metal detectors in response to an Arab attack that killed two Israeli police guards at the Muslim-administered holy site.

Muslims alleged Israel was expanding control at the site under the guise of security. Israel has denied this.