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Police: Palestinian stabs officers in Jerusalem and is shot

Associated Press
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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second left, arrives to attend a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool) (The Associated Press)

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    Israeli border police officers search a Palestinian man near the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's old city, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. A Palestinian assailant stabbed two police officers outside Jerusalem's Old City early on Monday and was shot, police said, following a bloody weekend that shattered weeks of relative calm. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) (The Associated Press)

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    Israeli border police officers search a Palestinian man near the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's old city, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. A Palestinian assailant stabbed two police officers outside Jerusalem's Old City early on Monday and was shot, police said, following a bloody weekend that shattered weeks of relative calm. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) (The Associated Press)

JERUSALEM – Israeli police say a Palestinian assailant stabbed two police officers near Jerusalem's Old City before troops shot and wounded him.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says a female police officer was stabbed in the neck and badly wounded while a male officer was moderately injured.

Samri says the assailant is in his 20s and from east Jerusalem. She says he is in critical condition.

Monday's incident follows a weekend surge in Palestinian attacks that shattered weeks of relative calm.

Since last September, Palestinians have killed 34 Israelis and two American visitors in stabbing, car ramming and shooting attacks.

About 214 Palestinians were killed during that same period. Israel says the vast majority were attackers.

Palestinians have accused Israeli forces of using excessive force or killing people who were not assailants.