Update: Israeli stabbed, Palestinian attacker killed in West Bank

An Israeli woman was stabbed in the West Bank, while the Palestinian attacker was killed, in the third such attack on Sunday, according to Israeli authorities.

A Palestinian man stabbed a 20-year-old woman in her upper torso and was injured seriously at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement.

Israeli soldiers at the scene responded right away and shot and killed the attacker, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson.

The wounded woman was evacuated to the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem.

It is the third Palestinian assailant killed by security forces amid attacks -- and attempted ones -- in the West Bank throughout the day.

On Sunday morning, a Palestinian woman, armed with a knife, tried to stab two women at a bus stop near the Jewish settlement of Itamar, southwest of Nablus in the West Bank, the Israeli military said.

A civilian driver, who is a settler serving as the head of a regional committee in the area, noticed the attacker and ran her over, before an Israeli soldier shot her and she was pronounced dead. No Israeli injuries were reported.

Not long afterwards, a Palestinian man driving a taxi allegedly tried to run over pedestrians near Kfar Adumim, a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, east of Jerusalem, according to the Israeli police.

The alleged assailant left his vehicle and attempted to stab bystanders, wounding an Israeli lightly. A citizen nearby shot and killed the assailant, police spokeswoman Samri added.

Also on Sunday, Palestinian eyewitnesses said that clashes broke out between the Palestinians and Israeli police in the old city of Jerusalem, mainly at the entrance to al-Aqsa Mosque when dozens of Israelis tried to get into the compound of the mosque.

In the West Bank, the Israeli army arrested 19 Palestinians overnight and on Sunday morning saying that they are wanted to the Israeli security forces for planning attacks against Israel.

Seventeen Israelis have died in the two-month long wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, in stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks.

More than 80 Palestinians were killed during this period, some in clashes with Israeli security forces, while others were gunned down by security forces and vigilante citizens after allegedly trying to commit attacks against Israelis.

The Israeli media reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is planning to visit both Israel and the Palestinian territories and he is expected to arrive on Tuesday to meet leaders of both sides.

The current wave of violence was sparked amid strife over the flashpoint holy site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in east Jerusalem, holy to both Jews and Muslims, and quickly spread throughout the country amid dim prospects of a peace treaty based on the two-state solution.

Israel occupied east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, home to about five million Palestinians, in the 1967 Mideast War. The Palestinians wish to establish a state on these territories. Endit