Further knife attacks as unrest returns to Jerusalem

Fresh violence gripped East Jerusalem and the West Bank on Tuesday, with one Palestinian shot dead and several Palestinian teens injured, after allegedly trying to carry out attacks.

According to Palestinian media a 37-year-old man was shot outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City after he allegedly ran towards two security guards with a knife in his hand. He was critically wounded and transferred to Hadassah hospital, where he died of his injuries. 

Shortly before the incident, a 12-year-old Palestinian was reportedly shot and severely injured after allegedly stabbing a security official in the Pisgat Zeev settlement in East Jerusalem next to the light rail tracks.

A 13-year-old who was with him was arrested by Israeli forces after they arrived at the scene. The security official was reportedly suffering from light to moderate wounds following the attack. 

After the first suspect was shot, "passengers on the tram rushed to the second terrorist and overcame him," said Israeli police spokesperson Luba Samri.

Caption: Israeli forces arrest a child who allegedly was involved in a stabbing attack in Pisgat Zeev settlement in Jerusalem

In the afternoon, the violence also spread to the West Bank where a 15-year-old Palestinian was shot at a checkpoint east of Bethlehem for allegedly carrying a knife.

Palestinian media, however, has seriously queried pictures of the knife-wielding teen which were released by Israeli authorities, saying that he would never have held the knife in between two fingers as the images suggest.

While other knife and car-ramming assaults have continued in the occupied West Bank amid a weeks-long surge of violence, Tuesday's attacks were the first in Jerusalem in more than a week.

The unrest has seen 10 Israelis and at least 75 Palestinians killed since 1 October. Many of the Palestinians who have been killed were alleged attackers.