Two Palestinians carrying out attacks on Israeli forces were shot dead today, the latest in a wave of violence that has lasted longer than four months.
In the first attack, a man stabbed and wounded two policemen outside Jerusalem's Damascus Gate before they shot him dead.
"A terrorist attacked a squad of officers from behind, stabbed and wounded them lightly, the squad responded with fire and neutralised the terrorist," police said.
Police confirmed the death of the assailant and identified him as a 20-year-old Palestinian from Kafr Aqeb.
A spokeswoman for the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem said they had admitted two men in their 20s suffering from stab wounds, and both were in a stable condition.
Medics said they also treated a 50-year-old woman who had suffered a light wound to her leg, apparently as a result of the shooting, before evacuating her to a hospital in east Jerusalem.
The site of the attack, in annexed east Jerusalem and adjacent to its Old City, has been a focal point in the latest wave of violence.
Later today, a Palestinian tried to run over Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank and was shot dead, the army said.
"During a violent riot in Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, an assailant attempted to ram his vehicle into soldiers," an army statement said, referring to an area in the northern West Bank.
"The soldiers responded to the immediate threat and fired towards the assailant, resulting in his death."
Palestinian police sources identified the man as Raed Hamed, 20.
Since October 1, Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming attacks have taken the lives of 27 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean, according to an AFP count.
