Two Of Its Members Were Injured, Israeli Officers Shot Dead Palestinians Who Carried Out The Attack
JAKARTA - A Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli policeman in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, then died when officers opened fire on him, a police spokesman said.
In addition, Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian who threw a firebomb at an army post outside Jerusalem on the same day, a military spokesman said. Palestinian officials identified the attacker as a 16-year-old boy who later died of his injuries.
In the walled Old City, a 19-year-old boy walked up to two officers stationed at one of the city gates, "pulled out a knife and stabbed one of them," a police spokesman said. Other police nearby "responded by shooting at him and neutralizing the terrorists."
According to Reuters on March 7, two officers were slightly injured, police said, one by a stabbing and one during police fire. A photo shared by police showed a knife lying on the ground next to a bloodstain.
In the village of Abu Dis outside the city limits of Jerusalem, soldiers shot one of two Palestinians who threw a firebomb at an army post, the army spokesman said, adding the other assailant managed to escape.
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To note, Israel captured East Jerusalem, including the Old City, in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in a move not recognized internationally. Peace talks between Israel and Palestine broke down in 2014.