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| JERUSALEM — A Palestinian armed with a knife wounded two Israeli border police officers in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, the police said, in the latest in a wave of attacks in recent months. | JERUSALEM — A Palestinian armed with a knife wounded two Israeli border police officers in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, the police said, in the latest in a wave of attacks in recent months. |
| The Palestinian approached the officers as worshipers dispersed after dawn prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque, stabbed one of them in the neck and wounded the other during the ensuing struggle, the police said in a statement. The officers were said to have suffered minor injuries. | The Palestinian approached the officers as worshipers dispersed after dawn prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque, stabbed one of them in the neck and wounded the other during the ensuing struggle, the police said in a statement. The officers were said to have suffered minor injuries. |
| The recent increase in Palestinian attacks against Israelis has included deadly assaults with guns, knives and vehicles in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. | The recent increase in Palestinian attacks against Israelis has included deadly assaults with guns, knives and vehicles in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. |
| The violence has been fanned in part by a dispute over the holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and the site of Al Aqsa Mosque. Israeli security officials have characterized the attacks as the work of individuals acting largely on their own initiative, and not orchestrated or on the orders of any group or organization. | The violence has been fanned in part by a dispute over the holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and the site of Al Aqsa Mosque. Israeli security officials have characterized the attacks as the work of individuals acting largely on their own initiative, and not orchestrated or on the orders of any group or organization. |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has accused President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence after Mr. Abbas urged Muslims to defend the Jerusalem holy site “by all means.” | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has accused President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence after Mr. Abbas urged Muslims to defend the Jerusalem holy site “by all means.” |
| In an effort to reduce the tensions, and under Jordanian and international pressure, Israel has lifted restrictions on Muslim worshipers attending Friday Prayer in the compound in the last few weeks, allowing men of all ages to participate. | In an effort to reduce the tensions, and under Jordanian and international pressure, Israel has lifted restrictions on Muslim worshipers attending Friday Prayer in the compound in the last few weeks, allowing men of all ages to participate. |
| A clash along Israel’s border with Gaza this week, which Israel said was precipitated by a sniper attack on an Israeli military patrol, left one Hamas field commander dead and an Israeli soldier wounded, straining the cease-fire that ended a 50-day war this summer. | A clash along Israel’s border with Gaza this week, which Israel said was precipitated by a sniper attack on an Israeli military patrol, left one Hamas field commander dead and an Israeli soldier wounded, straining the cease-fire that ended a 50-day war this summer. |
| Despite a warning from a Hamas official this week that Palestinian residents of Gaza stop trying to cross into Israel, two Palestinian men approached the border fence on Friday, and one was shot in the leg by Israeli troops. A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said the men had ignored warnings to stop. The wounded man was detained by Israeli security forces while the second man ran back into Gaza, the spokeswoman said. | Despite a warning from a Hamas official this week that Palestinian residents of Gaza stop trying to cross into Israel, two Palestinian men approached the border fence on Friday, and one was shot in the leg by Israeli troops. A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said the men had ignored warnings to stop. The wounded man was detained by Israeli security forces while the second man ran back into Gaza, the spokeswoman said. |
| Tensions simmered in the West Bank after a firebomb thrown at an Israeli car in the northern West Bank on Thursday night left an 11-year-old girl severely burned and her father with minor injuries. | Tensions simmered in the West Bank after a firebomb thrown at an Israeli car in the northern West Bank on Thursday night left an 11-year-old girl severely burned and her father with minor injuries. |
| At least 14 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the West Bank village of Azzoun, near where the firebomb attack took place, according to the Palestinian news media. Maan, an independent Palestinian news agency, reported that four of the detainees were 15 to 17 years old. | At least 14 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the West Bank village of Azzoun, near where the firebomb attack took place, according to the Palestinian news media. Maan, an independent Palestinian news agency, reported that four of the detainees were 15 to 17 years old. |
| On Friday, Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, toured the scene of the firebomb attack, near the Jewish settlement of Maale Shomron, and then visited the wounded in a hospital. | On Friday, Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, toured the scene of the firebomb attack, near the Jewish settlement of Maale Shomron, and then visited the wounded in a hospital. |
| “We will lay our hands on the perpetrators of the attack, and if they were sent by others, we will get to them as well,” Mr. Yaalon said, according to a statement from his office. | “We will lay our hands on the perpetrators of the attack, and if they were sent by others, we will get to them as well,” Mr. Yaalon said, according to a statement from his office. |