Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates with 4 more attacks

 
Israeli-Palestinian tensions escalated as four violent attacks reverberated across the nation Tuesday morning.

The weapons of choice were knives, guns and cars.

Much of the violence bubbled up around Jerusalem, the scene of ongoing tension over a disputed holy site in the Old City.

Tuesday's violence included a stabbing and a shooting on a bus in the Armon Anatziv area of Jerusalem, police said.

Four people were wounded as a pair of attackers lashed out with a gun and a knife, wounding four people.

Police said the attackers were "neutralized," a term they use to indicate a threat was contained.

In the city's ultra Orthodox Malkei Israel area, a man drove into a bus stop, running over 3 people. He then got out of the car with a knife and stabbed three people.

No other details were immediately available.

Another incident took place near Tel Aviv.

The attacker, a 22-year-old resident from east Jerusalem, stabbed a man waiting there, police said. Others at the stop held the person with the knife until authorities arrived.

The victim was lightly wounded, according to police. The attacker was also injured.

A fourth incident -- also a stabbing -- took place nearby in Ranana, authorities said.

According to police reports, a 28-year-old Palestinian man from east Jerusalem stabbed four people with a knife.

One person suffered a serious stab wound to the neck. The others were lightly wounded.

As a group of people chased the attacker, a taxi driver joined in and knocked him over with his car. He was overpowered and police arrested him.

Violence was also reported between Palestinians and Israeli forces at the Erez border crossing into Gaza. Palestinian medical sources say a man was shot in the head and killed.