14 oct 2015
Ahmad Fathi Abu Sahban 23
Ahmad Fathi Abu Sahban, 23, was killed by live Israeli fire near the Central Bus station in Jerusalem after allegedly stabbing a 50-year old woman.
According to Israeli sources, Sahban took out a knife and stabbed a fifty-year old woman, who got back into the bus she was exiting and had the driver close the door.
Police claim that Sahban then ran toward another bus to try to get on it, but was shot by police and killed.
It’s unclear how he entered the bus station with a knife, since the Israeli police have a comprehensive security checkpoint at the entrance, and in recent days have refused to allow Arabic speakers to enter at all.
Sahban was a former political prisoner held by Israel from April 29th, 2012 to March 10th, 2015.
He was a resident of the Ras Al-Amud neighborhood in East Jerusalem, an area that has seen rapid displacement of its Palestinian population over the past several years due to Israeli paramilitary (settler) forces moving into Palestinian homes and forcing the owners out.
He was the second Palestinian killed on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, at the Damascus Gate, Israeli police shot and killed a 17-year old boy after claiming that they saw a knife on him.
Ahmad Fathi Abu Sahban, 23, was killed by live Israeli fire near the Central Bus station in Jerusalem after allegedly stabbing a 50-year old woman.
According to Israeli sources, Sahban took out a knife and stabbed a fifty-year old woman, who got back into the bus she was exiting and had the driver close the door.
Police claim that Sahban then ran toward another bus to try to get on it, but was shot by police and killed.
It’s unclear how he entered the bus station with a knife, since the Israeli police have a comprehensive security checkpoint at the entrance, and in recent days have refused to allow Arabic speakers to enter at all.
Sahban was a former political prisoner held by Israel from April 29th, 2012 to March 10th, 2015.
He was a resident of the Ras Al-Amud neighborhood in East Jerusalem, an area that has seen rapid displacement of its Palestinian population over the past several years due to Israeli paramilitary (settler) forces moving into Palestinian homes and forcing the owners out.
He was the second Palestinian killed on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, at the Damascus Gate, Israeli police shot and killed a 17-year old boy after claiming that they saw a knife on him.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least 40 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, during clashes with soldiers invading the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The sources said twelve of the wounded were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and the rest suffered severe effects of tear gas inhalation, many of them in their own homes.
Palestinian medics treated most of the wounded, while a few others were moved to local hospitals and medical centers for further treatment.
Also on Wednesday, thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession of Mo'taz Ibrahim Zawahreh, 27, from the Deheishe refugee camp, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday.
The sources said twelve of the wounded were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and the rest suffered severe effects of tear gas inhalation, many of them in their own homes.
Palestinian medics treated most of the wounded, while a few others were moved to local hospitals and medical centers for further treatment.
Also on Wednesday, thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession of Mo'taz Ibrahim Zawahreh, 27, from the Deheishe refugee camp, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday.
Basil Bassam Ragheb Sidr 20
A Palestinian man was shot dead at the Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday after an alleged attack on security forces, Israeli police and media said.
Israeli police responded to the scene after the alleged attack and a suspect with a knife was shot dead, Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said.
Witnesses said the man was "executed in cold blood" after being shot with 14 bullets and left to bleed on the ground. Israeli forces deployed in the area and shouted "terrorist, terrorist" at the suspect before shooting him, they added.
A Ma'an reporter identified the man as Basil Bassam Ragheb Sidr, 20. Initial reports incorrectly said he was 14.
Video footage captured by an MSNBC news crew show the man running down steps at Damascus Gate away from security forces, holding what appears to be a knife and a mobile phone.
Israeli security forces then open fire multiple times.
Israeli media reported that the man was approached after acting suspiciously and drew a knife at Israeli security forces.
The latest death brings the total number of Palestinians killed since Oct. 1 to 31, with at least 17 shot dead at demonstrations.
At least seven Israelis have been killed in the same time period.
On Tuesday, two Palestinians were shot and killed after they allegedly carried out attacks that killed three Israelis and injured up to 27 in four separate attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday.
In the wake of the attacks, Israel's government immediately suggested punitive measures against Palestinians, including the closure of Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and arming more Israeli citizens with guns.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israel’s security cabinet announced that Israeli police are now entitled to "impose a closure on, or to surround, centers of friction and incitement in Jerusalem, in accordance with security considerations," according to reports by Israeli news site Haaretz.
The cabinet also gave approval for the revocation of residency status for Palestinians who carry out attacks as well as the police closure of occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel's security cabinet also decided at a meeting late Tuesday that the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces after carrying out attacks on Israeli citizens would no longer be returned to their families.
The decision, which was among a series of stringent security measures, was taken in order to stem protests that frequently accompany the funerals of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, a spokesperson for Israel's Public Security Ministry said.
Israeli media reported that Israel will bury the Palestinians' bodies in secret instead of handing them to their families.
The decision came after two Palestinians were shot dead after they killed three Israelis in attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called the Israeli government’s response to recent escalation in the area as "the very inverse of what ought to be done" in realistic efforts to stop current violence.
"The events of recent weeks cannot be viewed in a vacuum, isolated from the reality of the ongoing, daily oppression of 4 million people, with no hope of change in sight," the group said in a statement on Tuesday.
Teen Shot Dead after Someone Shouts that He Had a Knife at Damascus Gate
A Palestinian man was shot dead at the Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday after an alleged attack on security forces, Israeli police and media said.
Israeli police responded to the scene after the alleged attack and a suspect with a knife was shot dead, Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said.
Witnesses said the man was "executed in cold blood" after being shot with 14 bullets and left to bleed on the ground. Israeli forces deployed in the area and shouted "terrorist, terrorist" at the suspect before shooting him, they added.
A Ma'an reporter identified the man as Basil Bassam Ragheb Sidr, 20. Initial reports incorrectly said he was 14.
Video footage captured by an MSNBC news crew show the man running down steps at Damascus Gate away from security forces, holding what appears to be a knife and a mobile phone.
Israeli security forces then open fire multiple times.
Israeli media reported that the man was approached after acting suspiciously and drew a knife at Israeli security forces.
The latest death brings the total number of Palestinians killed since Oct. 1 to 31, with at least 17 shot dead at demonstrations.
At least seven Israelis have been killed in the same time period.
On Tuesday, two Palestinians were shot and killed after they allegedly carried out attacks that killed three Israelis and injured up to 27 in four separate attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday.
In the wake of the attacks, Israel's government immediately suggested punitive measures against Palestinians, including the closure of Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and arming more Israeli citizens with guns.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israel’s security cabinet announced that Israeli police are now entitled to "impose a closure on, or to surround, centers of friction and incitement in Jerusalem, in accordance with security considerations," according to reports by Israeli news site Haaretz.
The cabinet also gave approval for the revocation of residency status for Palestinians who carry out attacks as well as the police closure of occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel's security cabinet also decided at a meeting late Tuesday that the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces after carrying out attacks on Israeli citizens would no longer be returned to their families.
The decision, which was among a series of stringent security measures, was taken in order to stem protests that frequently accompany the funerals of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, a spokesperson for Israel's Public Security Ministry said.
Israeli media reported that Israel will bury the Palestinians' bodies in secret instead of handing them to their families.
The decision came after two Palestinians were shot dead after they killed three Israelis in attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called the Israeli government’s response to recent escalation in the area as "the very inverse of what ought to be done" in realistic efforts to stop current violence.
"The events of recent weeks cannot be viewed in a vacuum, isolated from the reality of the ongoing, daily oppression of 4 million people, with no hope of change in sight," the group said in a statement on Tuesday.
Teen Shot Dead after Someone Shouts that He Had a Knife at Damascus Gate
Bassem Sidr (image from family members)
A Palestinian teenager identified as Bassem Bassam Sidr, 17, was shot dead at the Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday after he allegedly pulled out a knife, Israeli police and media said -- although no one but the teenager was injured or killed.
Sidr was from the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Eyewitnesses reported that the army fired more than 10 rounds at the 17-year old as he was running away, killing him.
Israeli police responded to the scene when someone began shouting that there was "An Arab with a knife", and immediately shot the boy dead.
A Ma'an News Agency reporter said that the Palestinian was 14 years old, But other reports put his age at 17.
The teenager's death brings the total number of Palestinians killed since Oct. 1 to 31, with at least 17 shot dead at demonstrations.
Seven Israelis have been killed in the same time period by 'lone wolf' Palestinian attacks.
On Tuesday, two Palestinians were shot and killed after they allegedly carried out attacks that killed three Israelis and injured up to 27 in three separate attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem.
The Israeli government immediately increased their punitive measures against Palestinians, including the closure of Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and arming more Israeli citizens with guns.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israel’s security cabinet announced that Israeli police are now entitled to "impose a closure on, or to surround, centers of friction and incitement in Jerusalem, in accordance with security considerations," according to reports by Israeli news site Haaretz.
The cabinet also gave approval for the revocation of residency status for Palestinians who carry out attacks, as well as the police closure of occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel's security cabinet also decided at a meeting late Tuesday that the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces after carrying out attacks on Israeli citizens would no longer be returned to their families.
The decision, which was among a series of stringent security measures, was taken in order to stem protests that frequently accompany the funerals of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, a spokesperson for Israel's Public Security Ministry said.
Israeli media reported that Israel will bury the Palestinians' bodies in secret instead of handing them to their families.
The decision came after two Palestinians were shot dead after they killed three Israelis in attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called the Israeli government’s response to recent escalation in the area as "the very inverse of what ought to be done" in realistic efforts to stop current violence.
"The events of recent weeks cannot be viewed in a vacuum, isolated from the reality of the ongoing, daily oppression of 4 million people, with no hope of change in sight," the group said in a statement on Tuesday.
A Palestinian teenager identified as Bassem Bassam Sidr, 17, was shot dead at the Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday after he allegedly pulled out a knife, Israeli police and media said -- although no one but the teenager was injured or killed.
Sidr was from the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Eyewitnesses reported that the army fired more than 10 rounds at the 17-year old as he was running away, killing him.
Israeli police responded to the scene when someone began shouting that there was "An Arab with a knife", and immediately shot the boy dead.
A Ma'an News Agency reporter said that the Palestinian was 14 years old, But other reports put his age at 17.
The teenager's death brings the total number of Palestinians killed since Oct. 1 to 31, with at least 17 shot dead at demonstrations.
Seven Israelis have been killed in the same time period by 'lone wolf' Palestinian attacks.
On Tuesday, two Palestinians were shot and killed after they allegedly carried out attacks that killed three Israelis and injured up to 27 in three separate attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem.
The Israeli government immediately increased their punitive measures against Palestinians, including the closure of Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and arming more Israeli citizens with guns.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israel’s security cabinet announced that Israeli police are now entitled to "impose a closure on, or to surround, centers of friction and incitement in Jerusalem, in accordance with security considerations," according to reports by Israeli news site Haaretz.
The cabinet also gave approval for the revocation of residency status for Palestinians who carry out attacks, as well as the police closure of occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel's security cabinet also decided at a meeting late Tuesday that the bodies of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces after carrying out attacks on Israeli citizens would no longer be returned to their families.
The decision, which was among a series of stringent security measures, was taken in order to stem protests that frequently accompany the funerals of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, a spokesperson for Israel's Public Security Ministry said.
Israeli media reported that Israel will bury the Palestinians' bodies in secret instead of handing them to their families.
The decision came after two Palestinians were shot dead after they killed three Israelis in attacks across Israel and occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has called the Israeli government’s response to recent escalation in the area as "the very inverse of what ought to be done" in realistic efforts to stop current violence.
"The events of recent weeks cannot be viewed in a vacuum, isolated from the reality of the ongoing, daily oppression of 4 million people, with no hope of change in sight," the group said in a statement on Tuesday.
Fadi al-Darbi 30
Palestinian detainee Fadi al-Darbi, 30, from Jenin on Wednesday died in an Israeli hospital after reportedly suffering a stroke days earlier, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Al-Darbi was declared "brain dead" in Soroka hospital on Sunday evening after the stroke, the head of the Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said.
He was in critical condition at the time after suffering from acute bleeding earlier in the day. Doctors at the hospital pronounced him dead on Wednesday, Qaraqe said.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society told Ma'an that Israeli authorities allowed his parents and siblings to visit him after his health deteriorated.
The society said in a statement that al-Darabi had suffered medical negligence by the Israeli Prison Service.
It said that he suffered bleeding in his abdomen two years ago, but was left in solitary confinement, without medical treatment.
Al-Darbi was detained by Israeli forces on March 16, 2006, and sentenced to 16 years in jail, and was last being held in the Ramon jail.
Shadi, Fadi’s brother, is currently in jail for a three-and-a-half year sentence.
Nearly 6,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails, according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.
Palestinian detainee Fadi al-Darbi, 30, from Jenin on Wednesday died in an Israeli hospital after reportedly suffering a stroke days earlier, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Al-Darbi was declared "brain dead" in Soroka hospital on Sunday evening after the stroke, the head of the Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said.
He was in critical condition at the time after suffering from acute bleeding earlier in the day. Doctors at the hospital pronounced him dead on Wednesday, Qaraqe said.
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society told Ma'an that Israeli authorities allowed his parents and siblings to visit him after his health deteriorated.
The society said in a statement that al-Darabi had suffered medical negligence by the Israeli Prison Service.
It said that he suffered bleeding in his abdomen two years ago, but was left in solitary confinement, without medical treatment.
Al-Darbi was detained by Israeli forces on March 16, 2006, and sentenced to 16 years in jail, and was last being held in the Ramon jail.
Shadi, Fadi’s brother, is currently in jail for a three-and-a-half year sentence.
Nearly 6,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails, according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.
13 oct 2015
Mutaz Ibrahim Zawahreh 27
A Palestinian young man was killed and fifty others got injured in violent clashes at the northern entrance of Bethlehem on Tuesday.
The PIC reporter revealed that a 20-year-old Palestinian called Mutaz Zawahreh from al-Dehaishe refugee camp was killed by Israeli gunfire whereas fifty others got wounded in violent clashes with Israeli forces in the city.
According to the PIC reporter, martyr Zawahreh is brother to captive Ghassan Zawahreh who is imprisoned in Israeli jails.
The killing of Zawahreh brings the number of martyrs who have fallen since the beginning of the Quds Intifada, which started on October the first, to 31 martyrs.
The number of injuries, however, reached over 1400 including 350 cases caused by Israeli live bullets, 650 by rubber bullets whereas thousands suffered suffocation due to tear gas.
Palestinian Shot and Killed during Bethlehem Clashes
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp Tuesday evening during clashes at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, medics said.
Mutaz Ibrahim Zawahreh, 27, was hit with a live bullet in the chest and was taken to hospital in a critical condition, Medical sources at the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital told Ma'an News Agency.
Zawahreh was rushed to the operation room but quickly succumbed to his wounds, they added. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that Israeli forces "thwarted an attack" by a "Palestinian perpetrator" who attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at the forces.
The spokesperson said Israeli forces were present in the area because they were "responding to a violent riot of around 500 Palestinians throwing rocks."
Thirty Palestinians have been killed in the occupied Palestinian territory by Israeli forces since Oct. 1, according to the Palestinian ministry of health, 17 of whom were killed during clashes.
Thirty-three Palestinians were injured on Tuesday, nine with live fire, in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus and Hebron, the ministry added.
Clashes between Palestinian civilians and Israeli military forces have broken out near the illegal separation wall at the entrance of Bethlehem nearly every day over the past 10 days, amid ongoing clashes throughout the rest of the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Just over a week ago, a 13-year-old resident of Aida Refugee Camp was shot near the heart during clashes in Bethlehem and died shortly after.
On Monday the UN agency for refugees decried the "widespread loss of civilian life" across the occupied Palestinian territory, warning that Israel was violating international law through the excessive use of firearms in the occupied area.
"The root causes of the conflict, among them the Israeli occupation, must be addressed," the agency added in a statement.
"Across the occupied Palestinian territory there is a pervasive sense of hopelessness and despair resulting from the denial of rights and dignity."
Earlier Tuesday, two Palestinians were killed after carrying out stabbing attacks in East Jerusalem and Israel that left three Israelis dead and several injured.
Israeli authorities shortly after suggested punitive measures against Palestinians, including the closure of Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and arming more Israeli citizens with guns.
A Palestinian young man was killed and fifty others got injured in violent clashes at the northern entrance of Bethlehem on Tuesday.
The PIC reporter revealed that a 20-year-old Palestinian called Mutaz Zawahreh from al-Dehaishe refugee camp was killed by Israeli gunfire whereas fifty others got wounded in violent clashes with Israeli forces in the city.
According to the PIC reporter, martyr Zawahreh is brother to captive Ghassan Zawahreh who is imprisoned in Israeli jails.
The killing of Zawahreh brings the number of martyrs who have fallen since the beginning of the Quds Intifada, which started on October the first, to 31 martyrs.
The number of injuries, however, reached over 1400 including 350 cases caused by Israeli live bullets, 650 by rubber bullets whereas thousands suffered suffocation due to tear gas.
Palestinian Shot and Killed during Bethlehem Clashes
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp Tuesday evening during clashes at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, medics said.
Mutaz Ibrahim Zawahreh, 27, was hit with a live bullet in the chest and was taken to hospital in a critical condition, Medical sources at the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital told Ma'an News Agency.
Zawahreh was rushed to the operation room but quickly succumbed to his wounds, they added. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that Israeli forces "thwarted an attack" by a "Palestinian perpetrator" who attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at the forces.
The spokesperson said Israeli forces were present in the area because they were "responding to a violent riot of around 500 Palestinians throwing rocks."
Thirty Palestinians have been killed in the occupied Palestinian territory by Israeli forces since Oct. 1, according to the Palestinian ministry of health, 17 of whom were killed during clashes.
Thirty-three Palestinians were injured on Tuesday, nine with live fire, in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus and Hebron, the ministry added.
Clashes between Palestinian civilians and Israeli military forces have broken out near the illegal separation wall at the entrance of Bethlehem nearly every day over the past 10 days, amid ongoing clashes throughout the rest of the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Just over a week ago, a 13-year-old resident of Aida Refugee Camp was shot near the heart during clashes in Bethlehem and died shortly after.
On Monday the UN agency for refugees decried the "widespread loss of civilian life" across the occupied Palestinian territory, warning that Israel was violating international law through the excessive use of firearms in the occupied area.
"The root causes of the conflict, among them the Israeli occupation, must be addressed," the agency added in a statement.
"Across the occupied Palestinian territory there is a pervasive sense of hopelessness and despair resulting from the denial of rights and dignity."
Earlier Tuesday, two Palestinians were killed after carrying out stabbing attacks in East Jerusalem and Israel that left three Israelis dead and several injured.
Israeli authorities shortly after suggested punitive measures against Palestinians, including the closure of Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and arming more Israeli citizens with guns.
Alaa Abu Jamal
Two Palestinians were killed after attacking Israeli civilians on a bus in Armon HaNatziv, in central Israel, killing two Israelis and wounding 18.
In a separate attack on Tuesday morning, a 22-year old Palestinian man allegedly stabbed a 32-year old Israeli just before 9 am near the bus station in the Israeli city of Ra’anana. The Palestinian was then shot by several Israeli bystanders and critically injured.
Israeli authorities are investigating a possible second attack in Ra’anana – but it may just have been separate reports of the same attack.
A third alleged attack by a Palestinian against Israelis remains uncertain – the incident may just have been a traffic accident, despite Israeli claims that the Palestinian driver deliberately drove his car into an Israeli one.
The two attacks on Israelis on Tuesday follow three alleged attacks that took place on Monday in which 6 Israelis were wounded and three alleged Palestinian attackers were killed. Another Palestinian boy, a 13-year old child, was seriously wounded, and while the Israeli military claimed that the boy was involved in an attack against Israelis, he had no weapon and eyewitnesses contradicted this claim.
Following the two attacks on Tuesday, Israeli Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat declared a closure of all Palestinian areas in the city, and a lockdown on all of the Israeli-established border crossings through the Israeli Annexation Wall into the West Bank.
Barkat stated, "We shouldn't allow them to enter … the lives of the residents of Jerusalem are more important than anything else."
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon to plan more restrictive measures and crackdowns on the Palestinian civilian population of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza Strip.
While there has been an upsurge in violence in recent weeks, it is still largely Palestinian civilians who are the most impacted – more than 1400 have been wounded and 29 killed since October 1st. 4 Israelis have been killed and 25 wounded in that time period, all of them by Palestinian ‘lone wolf’ attackers.
The number of people killed and wounded in Israel during the past two weeks has been less than the average number of Palestinians killed and wounded in any given two-week period in the past year.
2 Israelis killed, 17 injured in two separate attacks in O.J
Two stabbing and car ramming attacks were carried out at separate locations in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning. Two Israeli settlers were killed and several others were injured during the attacks.
A stabbing and shooting attack took place aboard a bus in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem. According to Israeli police two suspects carried out the attack.
Israeli media sources said that two men got on an Egged line 78 bus in Armon Hanatziv and opened gunfire at passengers. Paramedics pronounced two persons dead on the scene. Four additional people were transported to hospital, one seriously wounded and 3 moderately wounded, likely with gunshot wounds.
Israeli police said that 16 people in total were wounded in the attack, the sources added.
In a separate attack in occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police claimed that a driver rammed his car into a bus stop, got out of his car and began stabbing pedestrians.
The Israeli medical sources pronounced one person dead on the scene and treated another person who suffered light injuries.
Police said that a total of five people were wounded in the second attack.
Two Palestinians were killed after attacking Israeli civilians on a bus in Armon HaNatziv, in central Israel, killing two Israelis and wounding 18.
In a separate attack on Tuesday morning, a 22-year old Palestinian man allegedly stabbed a 32-year old Israeli just before 9 am near the bus station in the Israeli city of Ra’anana. The Palestinian was then shot by several Israeli bystanders and critically injured.
Israeli authorities are investigating a possible second attack in Ra’anana – but it may just have been separate reports of the same attack.
A third alleged attack by a Palestinian against Israelis remains uncertain – the incident may just have been a traffic accident, despite Israeli claims that the Palestinian driver deliberately drove his car into an Israeli one.
The two attacks on Israelis on Tuesday follow three alleged attacks that took place on Monday in which 6 Israelis were wounded and three alleged Palestinian attackers were killed. Another Palestinian boy, a 13-year old child, was seriously wounded, and while the Israeli military claimed that the boy was involved in an attack against Israelis, he had no weapon and eyewitnesses contradicted this claim.
Following the two attacks on Tuesday, Israeli Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat declared a closure of all Palestinian areas in the city, and a lockdown on all of the Israeli-established border crossings through the Israeli Annexation Wall into the West Bank.
Barkat stated, "We shouldn't allow them to enter … the lives of the residents of Jerusalem are more important than anything else."
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon to plan more restrictive measures and crackdowns on the Palestinian civilian population of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza Strip.
While there has been an upsurge in violence in recent weeks, it is still largely Palestinian civilians who are the most impacted – more than 1400 have been wounded and 29 killed since October 1st. 4 Israelis have been killed and 25 wounded in that time period, all of them by Palestinian ‘lone wolf’ attackers.
The number of people killed and wounded in Israel during the past two weeks has been less than the average number of Palestinians killed and wounded in any given two-week period in the past year.
2 Israelis killed, 17 injured in two separate attacks in O.J
Two stabbing and car ramming attacks were carried out at separate locations in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning. Two Israeli settlers were killed and several others were injured during the attacks.
A stabbing and shooting attack took place aboard a bus in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem. According to Israeli police two suspects carried out the attack.
Israeli media sources said that two men got on an Egged line 78 bus in Armon Hanatziv and opened gunfire at passengers. Paramedics pronounced two persons dead on the scene. Four additional people were transported to hospital, one seriously wounded and 3 moderately wounded, likely with gunshot wounds.
Israeli police said that 16 people in total were wounded in the attack, the sources added.
In a separate attack in occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police claimed that a driver rammed his car into a bus stop, got out of his car and began stabbing pedestrians.
The Israeli medical sources pronounced one person dead on the scene and treated another person who suffered light injuries.
Police said that a total of five people were wounded in the second attack.
Alaa Abu Jamal
The attacks came shortly after another stabbing attack in Ra'anana city. In that attack, two Israelis were lightly wounded and the suspect was killed by passersby. A second attack occurred in Ra'anana some 90 minutes later, in which 4 Israelis were wounded. The suspect was then arrested.
The incidents came after 27 Palestinians were killed and 1400 others were injured during clashes with Israeli forces across the occupied Palestinian territories.
IOF soldiers have also launched last night a large-scale raid and arrest campaign in occupied Jerusalem. Ten Palestinian youths were reported arrested during the campaign.
300 Palestinians were detained in occupied Jerusalem in September including 16 women, 104 minors, and 21 students, a rights groups said.
Israeli media: Three murdered, dozens wounded in 5 attacks
Over a dozen wounded in two simultaneous attacks in Jerusalem's East Talpiot and Geula neighborhoods; in two Ra'anana attacks: 1 seriously hurt, 3 moderately and 1 lightly; fifth stabbing takes place near IKEA in northern city of Kiryat Ata.
Three people were murdered and dozens were wounded in five terror attacks in Jerusalem, Ra'anana and Kiryat Ata on Tuesday. One of the victims was idenified as Rabbi Yeshayahu Krishevsky, 60.
Hamas praised the attacks, saying they are "a message to anyone who harms our holy places. We call to continue the intifada, which is the natural response to the world's silence."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his Security Cabinet at midday to decide on further steps to take in light of the ongoing terror attacks.
In Kiryat Ata, a northern city near Haifa, a terrorist stabbed at least one person outside IKEA. The attacker has been subdued, while the victim's was moderately wounded. Both stabber and victim are Jewish, but it remains unclear whether the stabbing was a nationalistic incident or a criminal one. Police were investigating the suspicion that the attacker wanted to stab an Arab, but mistook the nationality of his victim.
Simultaneous attacks in JerusalemThree were murdered and 17 others wounded in two simultaneous morning attacks in Jerusalem's East Talpiot and Geula neighborhoods.
Two terrorists - Baha Aliyan, 22, and Bilal Ranem, 23, both from Jabel Mukaber - boarded an Egged bus on Olei HaGardom Street in East Talpiot, a neighborhood also known as Armon HaNetziv, one armed with a gun and the other with a knife.
They started shooting and stabbing passengers while the bus kept moving, killing a man in his 60s and wounding ten others. One of the wounded, a man in his 40s, was evacuated in critical condition and was declared dead at the hospital.
Two others were seriously wounded - women aged around 60 and 40, who suffered stab wounds to their upper body. Two others were in moderate condition: A woman about 60 years old with gunshot wounds to her upper body and a man in his 30s. Three were lightly wounded, and two were suffering from shock.
A security guard at the scene was able to overpower one of them and shoot him. The terrorist then tried to get up and resume his attack, but the security guard shot him again.
The second terrorist locked the bus' doors in an attempt to stop security forces from boarding, as well as stopping passengers from fleeing. Policemen opened fire at him from outside the bus.
Aliyan was killed, while Ranem was wounded and neutralized.
Eye-witnesses said one of the terrorists took over the driver's seat in an attempt to kidnap the bus. Golan Cohen-Gabai, one of the eye-witnesses, said he used his car to block off the bus and stop the terrorist from taking it.
"Then he opened the doors and wanted to come at me with a knife. I closed the windows, so he ran back and returned with a gun.... I held him here for two minutes and then police forces arrived," he said.
Rubi Mahatbi, 18, was lightly wounded in the attack. "I took bus 78 to the city center. The two terrorists sat there and didn't look suspicion to me, but as soon as the bus started moving, the terrorist drew out a gun, yelled 'Allahu Akbar,' and shot a person as he came in my direction. I hid near the door and tried to escape. He drew a knife and started stabbing a military man. The second terrorist grabbed me and tried to attack me, but I hit him and was able to escape," he said.
"That moment, you feel fear and stress and you don't know what to do. I preferred running away rather than confronting him. I have bruises on my neck from his attempts to choke me. At that moment, all I was thinking about was I was either going to survive this or I die," he added.
An MDA paramedic who arrived at the scene of the attack described it as chaotic, saying gunfire was heard as rescue teams arrived. On Malkhei Yisrael Street in Geula, a terrorist drove a car into a bus stop, hitting two pedestrians - one of which, 60-year-old Rabbi Yeshayahu Krishevsky, was killed and the other seriously wounded. The terrorist then left the vehicle and started repeatedly stabbing the two victims. A security guard who was nearby arrived at the scene of the attack and shot the terrorist, critically wounding him.
Magen David Adom said it provided treatment to eight people: One in moderate-to-serious condition with injuries to his upper body and limbs, one in moderate condition, one lightly wounded with bruises to his face, and five suffering from shock.
Moshe Shmueli was lightly wounded in the attack. "We can see what's happening in the country. It's an act from heaven that comes to awaken the people of Israel," he said.
"I wanted to take bus 59 and was waiting at the bus stop when all of a sudden a vehicle appeared and rammed into the bus stop with great force," Shmueli recounted. "I was sitting inside the bus stop while outside was an older man. It could've been a lot worse. I was near the terrorist who got out of the car - a giant man with hatred - and started hitting me and I immediately realized it wasn't an accident, but a terror attack. I left everything and ran. All of a sudden I heard gunfire and people telling me to run. I went into a house and the good people there treated me."
"We have to stop this entire situation," Shmueli added. "We can't put a policeman to protect each civilian, only the Torah can protect us."
The terrorist, identified as Alaa Abu Jamal, a resident of Jabel Mukaber in East Jerusalem who has Israeli citizenship, was an employee of Israeli phone company Bezeq, and was using a company car to commit the attack.
A statement issued by Bezeq said: "We just learned that a Bezeq employee was responsible for the terror attack in Jerusalem this morning on Malkhei Yisrael Street. At this point we do not have all of the details, but it is clear this is a serious incident.
"Bezeq, and all of its employees, scorns this heinous crime. Our hearts are with the victims and their families."
Abu Jamal is related to the two terrorists who committed the slaughter at the Har Nof synagogue in November 2014 - cousins Ghassan and Uday Abu Jamal.
Wounded from both Jerusalem attacks were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Karem.
Shaare Zedek received eight wounded: One of them was in critical condition and declared dead upon his arrival to the hospital; two were in serious condition, one of them already taken into operation; three were in moderate condition and two in light condition.
Hadassah Ein Karem received five wounded - two of them were the terrorists. One of the terrorists was declared dead, while the other was in serious condition. The other three wounded were the Jewish victims - one was critically wounded, one seriously wounded, and one light-to-moderately wounded.
Two attacks on main Ra'anana streetFour people were wounded in a stabbing attack at a bus stop outside the Beit Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center on Jerusalem Street in Ra'anana.
After stabbing his victims, the terrorist, an East Jerusalem resident in his late 20s, fled towards Ahuza Street, a major thoroughfare in the Sharon plains city, pursued by civilians. A driver passing by noticed the ongoing chase and hit the terrorist with his car. A taxi driver who was at the scene helped subdue the terrorist.
Large police forces who arrived at the scene arrested the terrorist, who was employed at the nearby Beit Loewenstein. He was taken to hospital in serious condition.
"We saw the terrorist stabbing a helpless older man who was standing at the bus stop. We immediately knew it was a terror attack," recounted two people working in one of the businesses in the commercial center, where the attack occurred.
"We immediately started calling out 'Terrorist! Terrorist!' He dropped his knife and started running towards the nearby Ahuza Street. We chased him and then he drew another knife, a smaller one, and kept trying to stab us," they continued.
"We called out to drivers to help us and then they hindered his escape, and we managed to catch him on Ahuza Street along with other people. He received quite a beating. Only after he was neutralized, he let go of the knife, and then the police came and arrested him," they said.
Other eye witnesses said the terrorist was wearing an orange vest.
At least one person was seriously wounded, suffering stab wounds to his upper body, including his neck, while the others were lightly-to-moderately hurt. The wounded were taken to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba and the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikvah.
Earlier, one Israeli was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in Ra'anana while waiting for the bus not far from the city hall on Ahuza Street.
A terrorist, resident of East Jerusalem, attempted to stab him. He fought off the terrorist and was hurt in the struggle. Other civilians came to his aid and helped him overpower the terrorist, who was lightly wounded.
Maden David Adom paramedics evacuated the wounded Israeli, 32, to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba with stab wounds to his upper body. Ra'anana mayor Ze'ev Bielski, who spoke to the victim, Yair Ben Ezra, said Ben Ezra told him he suspected the stabber.
"He said, 'I saw there was something about him' - and that is why the stab wounds were likely not where the stabber wanted and he fought him and managed to come out in reasonable condition," Bielski told Ynet.
Ben Ezra was also waiting for the bus. "I was standing at the bus stop for bus 437 to Tel Aviv, reading the paper about all of the terror attacks," he recounted.
"I saw a strange man who was sweating. He seemed suspicion and he was holding a knife. All of a sudden he started stabbing me again and again. I pushed him to the ground with my left hand. I was lying on the ground for a minute and a half. He yelled 'Allahu Akbar.' He had a murderous look in his eyes. He stabbed me in the neck, at the back of the head and in my hand. My entire body hurt. I knew there was a mother and children nearby and I had to save them and that he must not stab them."
Large police forces from the Sharon plains district arrived at the scene following the attack.Following the attacks, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, holding him responsible for the attack.
"Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh has praised and glorified a 13-year-old Palestinian who set out with a butcher knife to murder Israeli children in a candy shop," she said.
"The blood of Israeli citizens is on the hands of Mahmoud Abbas and his colleagues who are inciting children to commit murder. The Palestinian Authority, instead of preventing violence, has become an incubator for fanatic terrorism which is striking daily at Israeli citizens."
Hotovely called on Israel's government to consider halting money transfers to the Palestinian Authority.
"The Foreign Ministry urges donor countries to use their influence to effect a cessation in violence and incitement by the Palestinian Authority," she added.
Overnight Monday, IDF and Judea and Samaria police forces arrested 15 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank, who are suspected of involvement in terror activity and violent rioting against civilians and security forces.
The arrested Palestinians, some of which are suspected of stone-throwing, were taken into questioning.
Tuesday's attacks are the latest incident in a monthlong wave of attacks, the worst spell of street violence for years, stirred in part by Muslim anger over increasing Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.
Since the Rosh HaShana last month, five Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in a shooting, a stoning and a series of stabbings.
At least 26 Palestinians been killed by Israeli fire, including 10 attackers and the rest in clashes between stone-throwers and Israeli troops. Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded in such confrontations.
On Monday, Palestinians carried out three stabbings in Jerusalem, leaving a teenage Israeli boy in critical condition.
The daily knife attacks have stoked concern of a new Palestinian uprising and though Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have appealed for calm, the violence shows no signs of abating.
Palestinian groups have declared a "Day of Rage" on Tuesday across the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The leaders of Israel's Arab community have called for a commercial strike in their towns and villages.
The attacks came shortly after another stabbing attack in Ra'anana city. In that attack, two Israelis were lightly wounded and the suspect was killed by passersby. A second attack occurred in Ra'anana some 90 minutes later, in which 4 Israelis were wounded. The suspect was then arrested.
The incidents came after 27 Palestinians were killed and 1400 others were injured during clashes with Israeli forces across the occupied Palestinian territories.
IOF soldiers have also launched last night a large-scale raid and arrest campaign in occupied Jerusalem. Ten Palestinian youths were reported arrested during the campaign.
300 Palestinians were detained in occupied Jerusalem in September including 16 women, 104 minors, and 21 students, a rights groups said.
Israeli media: Three murdered, dozens wounded in 5 attacks
Over a dozen wounded in two simultaneous attacks in Jerusalem's East Talpiot and Geula neighborhoods; in two Ra'anana attacks: 1 seriously hurt, 3 moderately and 1 lightly; fifth stabbing takes place near IKEA in northern city of Kiryat Ata.
Three people were murdered and dozens were wounded in five terror attacks in Jerusalem, Ra'anana and Kiryat Ata on Tuesday. One of the victims was idenified as Rabbi Yeshayahu Krishevsky, 60.
Hamas praised the attacks, saying they are "a message to anyone who harms our holy places. We call to continue the intifada, which is the natural response to the world's silence."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his Security Cabinet at midday to decide on further steps to take in light of the ongoing terror attacks.
In Kiryat Ata, a northern city near Haifa, a terrorist stabbed at least one person outside IKEA. The attacker has been subdued, while the victim's was moderately wounded. Both stabber and victim are Jewish, but it remains unclear whether the stabbing was a nationalistic incident or a criminal one. Police were investigating the suspicion that the attacker wanted to stab an Arab, but mistook the nationality of his victim.
Simultaneous attacks in JerusalemThree were murdered and 17 others wounded in two simultaneous morning attacks in Jerusalem's East Talpiot and Geula neighborhoods.
Two terrorists - Baha Aliyan, 22, and Bilal Ranem, 23, both from Jabel Mukaber - boarded an Egged bus on Olei HaGardom Street in East Talpiot, a neighborhood also known as Armon HaNetziv, one armed with a gun and the other with a knife.
They started shooting and stabbing passengers while the bus kept moving, killing a man in his 60s and wounding ten others. One of the wounded, a man in his 40s, was evacuated in critical condition and was declared dead at the hospital.
Two others were seriously wounded - women aged around 60 and 40, who suffered stab wounds to their upper body. Two others were in moderate condition: A woman about 60 years old with gunshot wounds to her upper body and a man in his 30s. Three were lightly wounded, and two were suffering from shock.
A security guard at the scene was able to overpower one of them and shoot him. The terrorist then tried to get up and resume his attack, but the security guard shot him again.
The second terrorist locked the bus' doors in an attempt to stop security forces from boarding, as well as stopping passengers from fleeing. Policemen opened fire at him from outside the bus.
Aliyan was killed, while Ranem was wounded and neutralized.
Eye-witnesses said one of the terrorists took over the driver's seat in an attempt to kidnap the bus. Golan Cohen-Gabai, one of the eye-witnesses, said he used his car to block off the bus and stop the terrorist from taking it.
"Then he opened the doors and wanted to come at me with a knife. I closed the windows, so he ran back and returned with a gun.... I held him here for two minutes and then police forces arrived," he said.
Rubi Mahatbi, 18, was lightly wounded in the attack. "I took bus 78 to the city center. The two terrorists sat there and didn't look suspicion to me, but as soon as the bus started moving, the terrorist drew out a gun, yelled 'Allahu Akbar,' and shot a person as he came in my direction. I hid near the door and tried to escape. He drew a knife and started stabbing a military man. The second terrorist grabbed me and tried to attack me, but I hit him and was able to escape," he said.
"That moment, you feel fear and stress and you don't know what to do. I preferred running away rather than confronting him. I have bruises on my neck from his attempts to choke me. At that moment, all I was thinking about was I was either going to survive this or I die," he added.
An MDA paramedic who arrived at the scene of the attack described it as chaotic, saying gunfire was heard as rescue teams arrived. On Malkhei Yisrael Street in Geula, a terrorist drove a car into a bus stop, hitting two pedestrians - one of which, 60-year-old Rabbi Yeshayahu Krishevsky, was killed and the other seriously wounded. The terrorist then left the vehicle and started repeatedly stabbing the two victims. A security guard who was nearby arrived at the scene of the attack and shot the terrorist, critically wounding him.
Magen David Adom said it provided treatment to eight people: One in moderate-to-serious condition with injuries to his upper body and limbs, one in moderate condition, one lightly wounded with bruises to his face, and five suffering from shock.
Moshe Shmueli was lightly wounded in the attack. "We can see what's happening in the country. It's an act from heaven that comes to awaken the people of Israel," he said.
"I wanted to take bus 59 and was waiting at the bus stop when all of a sudden a vehicle appeared and rammed into the bus stop with great force," Shmueli recounted. "I was sitting inside the bus stop while outside was an older man. It could've been a lot worse. I was near the terrorist who got out of the car - a giant man with hatred - and started hitting me and I immediately realized it wasn't an accident, but a terror attack. I left everything and ran. All of a sudden I heard gunfire and people telling me to run. I went into a house and the good people there treated me."
"We have to stop this entire situation," Shmueli added. "We can't put a policeman to protect each civilian, only the Torah can protect us."
The terrorist, identified as Alaa Abu Jamal, a resident of Jabel Mukaber in East Jerusalem who has Israeli citizenship, was an employee of Israeli phone company Bezeq, and was using a company car to commit the attack.
A statement issued by Bezeq said: "We just learned that a Bezeq employee was responsible for the terror attack in Jerusalem this morning on Malkhei Yisrael Street. At this point we do not have all of the details, but it is clear this is a serious incident.
"Bezeq, and all of its employees, scorns this heinous crime. Our hearts are with the victims and their families."
Abu Jamal is related to the two terrorists who committed the slaughter at the Har Nof synagogue in November 2014 - cousins Ghassan and Uday Abu Jamal.
Wounded from both Jerusalem attacks were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Karem.
Shaare Zedek received eight wounded: One of them was in critical condition and declared dead upon his arrival to the hospital; two were in serious condition, one of them already taken into operation; three were in moderate condition and two in light condition.
Hadassah Ein Karem received five wounded - two of them were the terrorists. One of the terrorists was declared dead, while the other was in serious condition. The other three wounded were the Jewish victims - one was critically wounded, one seriously wounded, and one light-to-moderately wounded.
Two attacks on main Ra'anana streetFour people were wounded in a stabbing attack at a bus stop outside the Beit Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center on Jerusalem Street in Ra'anana.
After stabbing his victims, the terrorist, an East Jerusalem resident in his late 20s, fled towards Ahuza Street, a major thoroughfare in the Sharon plains city, pursued by civilians. A driver passing by noticed the ongoing chase and hit the terrorist with his car. A taxi driver who was at the scene helped subdue the terrorist.
Large police forces who arrived at the scene arrested the terrorist, who was employed at the nearby Beit Loewenstein. He was taken to hospital in serious condition.
"We saw the terrorist stabbing a helpless older man who was standing at the bus stop. We immediately knew it was a terror attack," recounted two people working in one of the businesses in the commercial center, where the attack occurred.
"We immediately started calling out 'Terrorist! Terrorist!' He dropped his knife and started running towards the nearby Ahuza Street. We chased him and then he drew another knife, a smaller one, and kept trying to stab us," they continued.
"We called out to drivers to help us and then they hindered his escape, and we managed to catch him on Ahuza Street along with other people. He received quite a beating. Only after he was neutralized, he let go of the knife, and then the police came and arrested him," they said.
Other eye witnesses said the terrorist was wearing an orange vest.
At least one person was seriously wounded, suffering stab wounds to his upper body, including his neck, while the others were lightly-to-moderately hurt. The wounded were taken to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba and the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikvah.
Earlier, one Israeli was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in Ra'anana while waiting for the bus not far from the city hall on Ahuza Street.
A terrorist, resident of East Jerusalem, attempted to stab him. He fought off the terrorist and was hurt in the struggle. Other civilians came to his aid and helped him overpower the terrorist, who was lightly wounded.
Maden David Adom paramedics evacuated the wounded Israeli, 32, to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba with stab wounds to his upper body. Ra'anana mayor Ze'ev Bielski, who spoke to the victim, Yair Ben Ezra, said Ben Ezra told him he suspected the stabber.
"He said, 'I saw there was something about him' - and that is why the stab wounds were likely not where the stabber wanted and he fought him and managed to come out in reasonable condition," Bielski told Ynet.
Ben Ezra was also waiting for the bus. "I was standing at the bus stop for bus 437 to Tel Aviv, reading the paper about all of the terror attacks," he recounted.
"I saw a strange man who was sweating. He seemed suspicion and he was holding a knife. All of a sudden he started stabbing me again and again. I pushed him to the ground with my left hand. I was lying on the ground for a minute and a half. He yelled 'Allahu Akbar.' He had a murderous look in his eyes. He stabbed me in the neck, at the back of the head and in my hand. My entire body hurt. I knew there was a mother and children nearby and I had to save them and that he must not stab them."
Large police forces from the Sharon plains district arrived at the scene following the attack.Following the attacks, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, holding him responsible for the attack.
"Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh has praised and glorified a 13-year-old Palestinian who set out with a butcher knife to murder Israeli children in a candy shop," she said.
"The blood of Israeli citizens is on the hands of Mahmoud Abbas and his colleagues who are inciting children to commit murder. The Palestinian Authority, instead of preventing violence, has become an incubator for fanatic terrorism which is striking daily at Israeli citizens."
Hotovely called on Israel's government to consider halting money transfers to the Palestinian Authority.
"The Foreign Ministry urges donor countries to use their influence to effect a cessation in violence and incitement by the Palestinian Authority," she added.
Overnight Monday, IDF and Judea and Samaria police forces arrested 15 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank, who are suspected of involvement in terror activity and violent rioting against civilians and security forces.
The arrested Palestinians, some of which are suspected of stone-throwing, were taken into questioning.
Tuesday's attacks are the latest incident in a monthlong wave of attacks, the worst spell of street violence for years, stirred in part by Muslim anger over increasing Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.
Since the Rosh HaShana last month, five Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in a shooting, a stoning and a series of stabbings.
At least 26 Palestinians been killed by Israeli fire, including 10 attackers and the rest in clashes between stone-throwers and Israeli troops. Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded in such confrontations.
On Monday, Palestinians carried out three stabbings in Jerusalem, leaving a teenage Israeli boy in critical condition.
The daily knife attacks have stoked concern of a new Palestinian uprising and though Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have appealed for calm, the violence shows no signs of abating.
Palestinian groups have declared a "Day of Rage" on Tuesday across the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The leaders of Israel's Arab community have called for a commercial strike in their towns and villages.