More deaths in Palestinian ‘Day of Rage’

Palestinian men armed with knives and a gun killed at least three people and wounded several others in a string of attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv, on a ‘day of rage’ declared by Palestinian groups.

With the worst unrest in years in Israel and the Palestinian territories showing no sign of abating, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency meeting of his security cabinet to discuss what police said would be new operational plans.

Officials said Israel’s public security minister was considering whether to seal off Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, home of many of the assailants of the past two weeks, from the rest of the city.