(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Israeli forces on Monday shot and killed a Palestinian man in East Jerusalem after an alleged stabbing attempt, Israeli police said.
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said the unidentified suspect pulled out a knife at officers and was shot dead at the scene.
The incident occurred near Lion's Gate, with the area closed off afterwards.
Israeli media said the man stabbed an Israeli border police officer in the vest. Witnesses told Ma'an News Agency that the man did not attempt to stab anyone when he was shot dead by Israeli forces.
The latest death brings the total number of Palestinians killed to 25 since the beginning of October.
On Sunday, Israeli forces shot dead a 13-year-old boy during clashes south of al-Bireh in Ramallah district, medics said.
The child, aged 13, was shot in the neck with a live round, medics said. He was also the third 13-year-old to be shot dead by Israeli forces in the same time period.
The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health said Sunday that Israeli forces have shot more than 1,300 Palestinians with live and rubber-coated bullets since the beginning of this month.
Fierce clashes have kept up unabated since the beginning of the month, prompted by Israeli army and settler reprisals after four Israelis were killed in two separate attacks at the beginning of October.
However, tensions had mounted for weeks, particularly over tight restrictions on Palestinians seeking to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during a succession of Jewish holidays.
The Palestinian human rights group al-Haq warned on Saturday that the occupied Palestinian territories stood "on the brink." The group blamed "Israel's wanton and excessive use of force against Palestinians, with no accountability for the deaths they cause" for the high death toll.
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