Palestinians step up pace of Jerusalem stabbings

Rioting has also erupted in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, with the unrest prompting warnings of the risk of a full-scale Palestinian uprising, or third intifada.

“The terror of suicide bombers did not vanquish us then, and the terror of knives will not beat us now”, he said.

The recent stabbings have been carried out by individuals with no known political affiliation acting on their own.

Two Palestinian youths of 13 and 15 stabbed and critically injured a 13-year-old Israeli boy riding his bike in northern Jerusalem on Monday, police said, continuing a wave of attacks in the city in which three alleged Palestinian assailants were shot dead.

“The man attacked an officer with a knife, but he was wearing a protective vest and was not injured”, Rosenfeld said.

A fourth confrontation Monday took place near one of the gates to Jerusalem’s Old City. Both victims were seriously wounded.

In one case caught on video, a young Palestinian man wanted in a stabbing was gunned down by a police officer as an angry crowd screamed for him to be shot. The attacker was shot dead by other officers.

“According to global law, lethal force may not be used except when one or more lives are in actual danger”, said Al-Haq director Shawan Jabarin.

During the same period, at least 27 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, according to Palestinian reports.

The factions, moreover, are busy fighting among themselves, with the president’s nationalist Fatah movement in control of the West Bank and the militant group, Hamas, running Gaza. A few hours later, hundreds of Gazans marched to the heavily fortified border, where seven of them were shot dead by Israeli troops, with dozens wounded. The witness said he didn’t see a gas canister, nor hear an explosion. A 45-year-old man was said to be lightly injured.

Funerals of Palestinians killed during unrest or while allegedly carrying out attacks – as well as videos of the shootings – have fed anger.

He was killed on Sunday during clashes in Ramallah.

A 13-year-old boy died Sunday after being shot by a rubber-coated bullet in clashes in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported.

“The root causes of the conflict, among them the Israeli occupation, must be addressed”, UNRWA statement said stating that there is a pervasive sense of hopelessness and despair across the occupied Palestinian territory resulting from the denial of rights and dignity.

Six Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in central and northern Gaza on Sunday.

Palestine Liberation Organisation secretary general Saeb Erekat lashed out at Netanyahu, saying “executions” and harassment from Jewish settlers had exacerbated the violence.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday blamed Israeli-Arab parties for “undermining” the country and “inciting” recent surge of attacks against Israelis.

PM Netanyahu continues tough rhetoric in response to Palestinian attacks.

But with Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on hold and Palestinian frustration growing, low-level tensions can more easily boil over.

A few of Israel’s Jewish residents have also taken to the streets, to protest against the attacks, and have demanded the government do more to restore security.

The incident was one of four attacks on Israeli civilians and security personnel in Jerusalem that day.