An Israeli border police officer was wounded in a stabbing assault on Sunday night at a gate to Jerusalem’s Previous Metropolis, police mentioned.
The assault came about close to the Damascus Gate within the historic partitions of the Previous Metropolis.
“The stabbed officer was calmly wounded and was evacuated for medical therapy,” the drive mentioned in an announcement.
“Border Cops engaged with the terrorist, neutralised him with gunfire, and concluded the assault swiftly,” the police mentioned.
Tensions between Palestinians and Israeli Jews are frequent within the Previous Metropolis and have solely heightened because the begin of the Gaza warfare greater than 11 months in the past.
In a separate assertion, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service mentioned the 20-year-old officer had an harm to his higher physique.
“The terrorist, who tried to flee into the Previous Metropolis, was neutralised,” the police mentioned.
Police and border forces had been on the scene and investigating the incident, it added.
Jerusalem, and specifically the Previous Metropolis, is a holy metropolis for the three Abrahamic religions and stays a key situation on the coronary heart of the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
Israel claims Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, however the United Nations and the worldwide group think about Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem to be unlawful.
Palestinians aspire to make occupied east Jerusalem, which incorporates the walled Previous Metropolis and its holy websites, the capital of a future unbiased state.
