DHAKA: Israeli forces have shot and killed two more Palestinians, following fourteen days of violence that have already claimed at least 30 Palestinian lives.

Israeli police opened fire on one young Palestinian on Wednesday afternoon at the entrance of the Damascus gate in Jerusalem.

The Ma’an News Agency said he was 20-years-old and from Hebron, reports Al Jazeera.

Police claimed that the young man attempted to stab a policeman after they approached him for a security search. No Israeli casualties were reported.

Just four hours later on Wednesday evening, an Israeli policeman shot and killed another Palestinian believed to be 23-years-old in West Jerusalem, who they alleged to be an attacker.

In the second case, according to Israeli police, the attacker stabbed and ‘moderately’ injured an elderly Israeli woman then tried to board a bus to get away, prompting them to chase him, shoot and kill on scene.

Addressing Palestinians for the first time since the violence began, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a recorded televised speech he supported ‘peaceful and popular’ struggle against Israel.

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