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Scene of stabbing in Jerusalem's Yirmiyahu Street. December 6, 2015. Credit: Emil Salman

Scene of stabbing in Jerusalem's Yirmiyahu Street. December 6, 2015. Credit: Jerusalem Rescue Services
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian man was shot dead after he allegedly injured two Israelis in a stabbing attack in central Jerusalem on Saturday night, Israeli police said.

Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said the Palestinian, identified as a 21-year-old from Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem, was shot and killed after he allegedly hit one Israeli with his car, before stabbing another with a knife.

However, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that one of these Israelis was injured when he was apparently "hit by a vehicle that passed by the scene as he was attempting to flee."

Rosenfeld initially reported that a third Israeli had been injured during the incident, but later confirmed that this person was treated for shock.

A spokesperson for Shaare Zedek hospital confirmed that two Israelis were brought there with "very light" wounds. She said that one of them was an Israeli soldier, who appeared to have been stabbed, while the other had been hit by a car.

The scene of the incident, in West Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood, was closed off by Israeli police.

Human rights groups have repeatedly condemned Israeli forces for excessive use of force against Palestinians who did not pose an imminent threat.

At least 112 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis since the beginning of October. While Israel alleges many of those were attempting to attack Israelis when they were shot, Palestinians and rights groups have disputed Israel's version of events in a number of cases.

The attacks that have taken place -- claiming the lives of 19 Israelis -- have been accompanied by a wave of popular unrest that has swept the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.


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by Nir Hasson for Haaretz

Two people were lightly wounded during an alleged terror attack that took place in Jerusalem on Sunday evening. The assailant was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier who was at the scene.
The attack began with the suspected assailant running over a 20-year-old Israeli, lightly wounding him. The attacker then exited his car, and stabbed a police officer siting in his patrol car, wounding the latter lightly.

According to the police, the suspected attacker was then shot dead by an Israeli soldier who had exited a bus that was stuck in the traffic caused by the attack.

The assailant was identified as Omar Eskafi, 21, of Beit Hanina.
Magen David Adom paramedics treated the victims at the scene and evacuated them to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. According to one paramedic, the wounded 20-year-old was lying wounded in a car when they arrived and was "very upset." According to them, the victim said that after being hit by the suspected terrorist, passersby carried him to the car.

On Thursday, a policeman was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack on Haneviim Street near the Old City. The assailant was shot to death.

Earlier that morning, a 47-year-old man and a 20-year-old soldier were wounded in an attack at the Hizmeh checkpoint in the West Bank. The assailant,  a member of the PA's intelligence forces, was shot and killed.