Two Israelis stabbed, assailant shot near Jerusalem flashpoint - police
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 [May 24, 2021]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A Palestinian
stabbed and wounded two Israelis, one of them a soldier, on Monday near
a flashpoint area of East Jerusalem that has been the focus of
Palestinian protests, medics said, and police said officers shot the
assailant.
The Palestinian health ministry said it was "looking into the condition
of a citizen who was shot in Jerusalem". Video on social media appeared
to show the knifeman lying motionless and covered with a sheet on the
ground at a street intersection.
Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said two men in their 20s
had been injured in the attack, one seriously and one lightly.
The incident occurred near the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where the
potential evictions of Palestinian families drew mass protests and
helped spark 11 days of fighting between Israel and Gaza militants.
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One of the wounded men is an Israeli soldier, the Israeli military said.
"The soldier received medical treatment at the scene and was evacuated
to a hospital for further medical treatment," it said in a statement.
Video posted on social media showed the soldier, wearing an Israeli air
force uniform, with a knife lodged in his back as he kneeled on the
ground and received treatment from medics.
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Israeli rescue personnel work at the scene of a stabbing incident in
Jerusalem May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Tensions have been high in Sheikh Jarrah and at the
Old City's Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israeli police raids in recent
weeks helped draw rocket fire by Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas.
An Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held into a
fourth day on Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due
to visit the region this week for talks with Israeli, Palestinian,
Egyptian and Jordanian leaders.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Giles Elgood and Gareth Jones)
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