Jerusalem, October 14 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot dead another Palestinian in Jerusalem after claiming that he attacked and stabbed a woman near the central bus station.  Israeli police said in a statement that the man was killed on Wednesday after allegedly attacking and slightly injured “a woman aged about 70.”

Palestinian sources identified the man as 23-year-old Ahmad Fathy Abu Shabaan, and said he had been recently released from an Israeli jail.  Earlier in the day, Israeli police killed another Palestinian youth at an entrance to the occupied al-Quds’ Old City over similar claims.  Palestinian media named him as Bassel Sadr, 20, from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

The fresh fatalities come amid the recent deadly tension between the Tel Aviv regime and Palestinians triggered by Israel’s imposition of sweeping restrictions on entries into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem on August 26th and Israeli settlers’ repeated attacks on the mosque.

According to Palestinian sources, a total of 32 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israelis since October 1st.

The Israeli regime has also erected checkpoints in Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem and mobilized hundreds of soldiers.