http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/world/middleeast/2-israeli-police-officers-wounded-in-attack-by-palestinian.html 2014-12-26 13:39:14 Palestinian Wounds 2 Israeli Police Officers in Jerusalem The assailant approached the officers after dawn prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque, stabbed one in the neck and injured the other in the ensuing struggle, the police said. === JERUSALEM — A knife-wielding The Palestinian approached the officers as worshipers dispersed after dawn prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque, stabbed one of them in the neck and wounded the other during the ensuing struggle, the police said in a statement. The officers were said to have suffered minor injuries. The recent increase in Palestinian attacks against Israelis has included deadly assaults with guns, knives and vehicles in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The violence has been fanned in part by a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of In an effort to reduce the tensions, and under Jordanian and international pressure, Israel has lifted restrictions on Muslim worshipers attending Friday Prayer in the compound in the last few weeks, allowing men of all ages to participate. A At least 14 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the West Bank village of Azzoun, near where the firebomb attack took place, according to the Palestinian news media. Maan, an independent Palestinian news agency, reported that four of the detainees were aged 15 to 17. Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, on Friday toured the scene of the firebomb attack, near the Jewish settlement of Maale Shomron, then visited the wounded in a hospital. “We will lay our hands on the perpetrators of the attack, and if they were sent by others, we will get to them as well,” Mr. Yaalon said, according to a statement from his office.