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| Jerusalem attack: Israeli policeman stabbed in Old City | Jerusalem attack: Israeli policeman stabbed in Old City |
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| An Israeli policeman has been stabbed but unhurt and his assailant shot dead in the latest such attack in Jerusalem. | An Israeli policeman has been stabbed but unhurt and his assailant shot dead in the latest such attack in Jerusalem. |
| Police say the officer was saved by his protective vest. The Arab attacker's identity is not yet known. | Police say the officer was saved by his protective vest. The Arab attacker's identity is not yet known. |
| There has been a string of stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians, and an apparent revenge stabbing by an Israeli, in the past fortnight. | There has been a string of stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians, and an apparent revenge stabbing by an Israeli, in the past fortnight. |
| Two Israelis and dozens of Palestinians, including attackers, have been killed in the upsurge of violence. | Two Israelis and dozens of Palestinians, including attackers, have been killed in the upsurge of violence. |
| According to police, the attacker stabbed the policeman after being stopped when he was seen acting suspiciously. | |
| It happened near the Lion's Gate entrance of Jerusalem's walled Old City, scene of several other previous stabbings of Israelis. | It happened near the Lion's Gate entrance of Jerusalem's walled Old City, scene of several other previous stabbings of Israelis. |
| Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have soared recently, fuelled by clashes at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and across the Gaza border, and the wave of Palestinian stab attacks. | Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have soared recently, fuelled by clashes at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and across the Gaza border, and the wave of Palestinian stab attacks. |
| There were more stabbings at the weekend. Several Palestinians were also killed in clashes with Israeli troops and by an Israeli air strike on a militant site in Gaza in response to rocket fire on Israel. |