Israeli police shoot dead Palestinian knife attacker in Jerusalem

Incident comes with city still on edge after 11 days of war, and as Israeli opposition parties restart efforts to oust Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli police have shot dead an attacker who stabbed an Israeli soldier and civilian in Jerusalem. The attack on Monday came with the city still on edge after 11 days of war, and as opposition parties restarted efforts to oust the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, with a unity coalition.

It was the latest reminder of how volatile the situation is, barely two weeks after protests and clashes with police escalated into an exchange of rockets and missiles that killed more than 250 people, the vast majority of them Palestinians living in Gaza.