Palestinian attacker is shot dead after stabbing an Israeli in the West Bank just hours after a knife-wielding 'terrorist' went on the rampage in Jerusalem

A Palestinian attacker has been shot dead after stabbing an Israeli in the West Bank just hours after a knife-wielding 'terrorist' went on the rampage.

Dramatic footage has emerged showing a 21-year-old man walking towards a soldier before he falls to the ground amid gun fire.

The shooting in Jerusalem came after police said three people were 'lightly wounded' by the attacker.

In a separate confrontation just hours later, officers said a Palestinian man stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli in the West Bank city of Hebron before being shot dead by security forces. 

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Shocking footage shows the moment a knife-wielding 'terrorist' (circled) was shot dead by an Israeli soldier after three people were wounded by the attacker in the streets of Jerusalem

Israeli medics evacuate an Israeli man to Sha'are Zedek hospital in Jerusalem after a stabbing in the West Bank city of Hebron

In the Jerusalem attack, a woman films the incident and can be heard gasping as four shots are fired at an attacker. Four more shots are then fired while the man is on the ground.

'An Arab terrorist tried to run over a pedestrian in his car, lightly injuring him, and then got out of the vehicle with a knife and stabbed a volunteer police officer in the hand,' said a police statement.

A soldier who saw the incident as he stepped off a bus ran toward the attacker, opened fire and killed him, police said.

Dramatic footage taken on a mobile phone shows the 21-year-old walking towards the soldier before four shots are fired and he falls to the ground

The shooting came after police said three people were 'lightly wounded' by the attacker in Jerusalem

Police say a 'terrorist' tried to run over a pedestrian in his car (pictured) and then got out of the vehicle with a knife before stabbing a volunteer police officer in the hand

'The terrorist, apparently a 21-year-old resident of east Jerusalem, was killed by the gunfire,' the statement said.

Emergency services evacuated two of the injured to hospital for treatment. The third did not require medical attention.

In the Hebron attack, paramilitary border police fatally shot the assailant after he stabbed an Israeli man several times in the upper body, a police spokeswoman said.

The wounded man was taken to hospital in Jerusalem in critical condition, medical officials said. 

The attacks are the latest in more than two months of 'lone wolf' assaults by Palestinians challenging Israel's control over the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.

In the Hebron attack, paramilitary border police fatally shot the assailant after he stabbed an Israeli man several times in the upper body. The wounded man was taken to hospital in Jerusalem in critical condition

Israeli forces gather at the site where a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli before being shot dead near the Ibrahimi mosque, or the Tomb of the Patriarch, a religious site to both Muslims and Jews

Since October 1, almost daily attacks and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers and violence between Palestinians and Jewish settlers have killed 110 Palestinians - including an Israeli Arab -, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean, according to an AFP count.

While the violence has focused mainly on the West Bank, Israeli-occupied Arab east Jerusalem and the Palestinian coastal enclave of the Gaza Strip have also seen deadly clashes.

Israel says the current spate of violence is due to incitement by Palestinian leaders over the Jerusalem holy site as well as videos encouraging violence spread on social media.

Palestinians are frustrated by the failure of decades of peace talks and the ongoing occupation of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and many have also lost faith in their political leadership.