Jerusalem: A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli policeman with a screwdriver, slightly wounding him, in East Jerusalem yestersday, and the assailant was shot and killed by police, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
At least 230 Palestinians have been killed in violence in Israel, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip since October 2015. The street assaults killed at least 33 Israelis and two visiting Americans over the same period.
The latest attack occurred inside the walled Old City in East Jerusalem, areas captured by Israel along with the West Bank in a 1967 war. Police released a photo of a screwdriver they said the Palestinian assailant used to stab the policeman in the head.
Palestinians have accused Israeli police and soldiers of using excessive force against assailants, saying many could have been stopped or detained without being killed. In several cases, Israel has opened investigations.
Palestinian leaders say assailants have acted out of desperation, frustrated by the Israeli occupation of land Palestinians want for their own state.
