以色列称两巴勒斯坦妇女持剪刀行凶

Israeli authorities reported a Palestinian stabbing attack Monday near a market in central Jerusalem, a day after a series of incidents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Police said Monday's attack involved two women with scissors stabbing a man before they were shot by a police officer.

On Sunday, the military said a Palestinian stabbed a 21-year-old woman multiple times in the head and chest before nearby soldiers shot him dead.

In an earlier attack, the military said a woman pulled out a knife at a military base entrance and began approaching civilians. A local West Bank settler said he veered his vehicle off the road and struck the woman. A soldier then fired at her and killed her.

The eight week surge in street violence has challenged Israel's security system and alarmed the United States, whose Secretary of State John Kerry is due to visit the region this week.