JERUSALEM, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces on Monday shot and badly injured a Palestinian who allegedly tried to stab a Border Police officer in East Jerusalem amidst escalating tensions in the region.
The incident took place in Jabel Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood in southern East Jerusalem.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the suspect, a 30-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, did not injure any police officer before he was shot and "neutralized."
The man sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital, he added.
It was the second attempted attack on Monday. Earlier in the morning, the military said troops shot towards two Palestinians after they attempted to stab soldiers near the settlement of Amichai, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The violence came as tensions were rising over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to annex the Jordan Valley, a portion of the West Bank. The move stirs concerns and anger among the Palestinians, most of the Arab world, and some of Israel's European allies.
In response, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said last week that the Palestinian Authority is no longer committed to any signed agreements with Israel or the United States.
Israel seized the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip, in 1967 war and kept controlling it ever since despite international criticism. Enditem
