AhlulBayt News Agency - Three Palestinians were shot and killed Tuesday afternoon after they carried out separate anti-occupation attacks in occupied Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Yafa.
The three attacks resulted in the killing of one Israeli police officer (some reports reported he was an American tourist) and the wounding of 13 others.
The first anti-occupation attack was carried out near the port in the Arab city of Yafa within the Green Line, when a Palestinian was shot dead after he stabbed to death one Israeli officer and wounded ten others.
In Tel Aviv, a Palestinian was shot and killed after he stabbed and wounded an Israeli settler near Petah Tikva settlement east of Tel Aviv.
Yediot Ahranot Hebrew newspaper said that an "Arab terrorist" stabbed a Jewish Israeli in his mid-30s "in the upper part of his body," leaving him with light to moderate injuries.
Israeli police forces arrived at the scene and shot dead the Palestinian, the sources said, adding that Israeli forces closed the area for investigation.
A video appeared in different social networking sites showed a bleeding Palestinian young man, believed to be the attacker, lying on the ground while Israeli bystanders hurl verbal abuses at him.
The young man was left bleeding on the ground for long hours till he breathed his last.
In occupied Jerusalem, two Israeli soldiers were seriously injured when a Palestinian fired gunshots at a group of soldiers stationed near Salah al-Din neighborhood.
The Israeli forces opened fire at the Palestinian shooter, seriously injuring him before he was then pronounced dead.
Earlier Tuesday, a Palestinian woman was fatally shot by the Israeli occupation soldiers near al-Aqsa Mosque allegedly after she attempted to stab an occupation soldier.
Local sources said the Israeli soldiers fired multiple shots at 50-year-old Fadwa Ahmad Abu Teir and prevented the ambulance crew from reaching the scene to evacuate the casualty to hospital. Fadwa was reportedly left bleeding on the ground until she breathed her last.
Since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada at the beginning of October last year, 194 Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israelis including 44 children and nine women.
450 Palestinians were also injured by Israeli forces and settlers during the same period.
