Israel police shoot dead Palestinian in Jerusalem

Israeli police fatally wounded a Palestinian assailant yesterday during an attempted stabbing in the Old City of east Jerusalem, police and hospital sources said.

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency identified the man as Hazem Joulani, a doctor from Jerusalem. He was taken to Hadassah hospital where he died shortly after arrival. Palestinian armed groups had called for a Day of Rage on yesterday in support of the six prisoners who escaped from a high-security Israeli jail.

Israeli police reported an “attempted knife attack” near the Lions’ Gate, one of the entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City. An Israeli officer was lightly wounded by bullet fragments, police said.