- A Palestinian girl attacks an Israeli man in the West Bank, police say
- The knifing victim is lightly wounded, the IDF says
- Police open fire on the girl, wounding her seriously
- Palestinian attackers have assailed Israelis in recent weeks with knives, a gun and cars
Jerusalem (CNN) -- A Palestinian teenage girl with a knife assaulted an Israeli man Monday in the West Bank, adding another attack to a chain of ethnic violence.
At least 10 Israelis have died in attacks since October. A young Palestinian girl was also reportedly killed in ethnic violence.
Israeli security officers opened fire on the Palestinian teenager. She sustained "serious injuries," Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.
The girl was taken to a hospital. The stabbing victim was "lightly wounded" near the cluster of Jewish settlements of Gush Etzion, Israel Defense Forces said.
A Palestinian man argues with Israeli police officers as he waits to get permission to enter the Temple Mount on Wednesday, November 5, in Jerusalem. Police clashed with Palestinians there on Wednesday, leaving more than 15 people injured in the latest round of unrest at the holy site. 
An Israeli soldier aims tear gas during clashes with Palestinian protesters following a rally Sunday, November 2, at a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. Tension in Jerusalem is perhaps at its greatest since the end of the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising, 10 years ago -- stoked by a rash of what some call hate crimes and others acts of terror. 
Right-wing Israelis are stopped by Israeli policemen as they try to access the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, part of the Temple Mount, on November 2. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism and the third-holiest site in Islam. 
Israeli border police block a road in Jerusalem as Muslims pray Friday, October 31. A day after taking the rare step of closing the Temple Mount, Israel partially reopened access for Muslim prayers Friday. But midday access was granted only to men over 50 and women. Israeli police said this was meant to prevent demonstrations by young Muslim men following the recent shootings of a controversial rabbi and a Palestinian suspect in the rabbi's shooting. 
Israelis walk at the Jewish quarter in the Old City overlooking the Temple Mount on October 31. 
Israeli police detain activist Noam Federman after he tried to enter the Temple Mount on Thursday, October 30. The closing of the holy site -- the first in more than a decade -- infuriated Palestinians, with a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calling it a "declaration of war." 
A van burns in Jerusalem during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces on October 30. 
Israeli police scuffle with activists trying to enter the Temple Mount on October 30. 
Israeli police patrol Jerusalem during clashes on October 30. 
Palestinians throw stones in the streets of Jerusalem on October 30. 
Israeli police surround the Jerusalem home of Mu'taz Ihjazi on October 30. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said Ihjazi, a Palestinian suspect in the shooting of Rabbi Yehuda Glick, was shot and killed after he opened fire on police. Glick, an advocate of Jewish prayer rights on the Temple Mount, was shot after he gave a presentation in Jerusalem on Wednesday, October 29. 
Israeli demonstrators wave flags outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, where Glick was shot in Jerusalem on October 29. 
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Photos: Tensions at Temple Mount 
Israeli emergency personnel carry a body outside a synagogue on Tuesday, November 18, in the deadliest attack in Jerusalem in six years. Armed with knives and axes, two Palestinian men broke into the synagogue in the Har Nof area of western Jerusalem, killing four worshippers and wounding six others, Israeli police said. 
Emergency workers carry a body from the synagogue on November 18. Three of the men killed were dual Israeli-U.S. citizens, and the fourth was a dual British-Israeli citizen, an Israeli police spokesman said. 
A woman cries near the synagogue while looking on the scene of the attack November 18. Jerusalem has been on edge after a series of deadly stabbings and vehicle attacks. 
Response teams clean blood from the scene November 18. Police also shot and killed the attackers. 
An emergency responder wipes blood off the street outside the synagogue November 18. 
People appear dazed outside the synagogue after the attack November 18. 
People watch responders at the scene of the attack November 18. The FBI will investigate the synagogue attack because three victims were U.S. citizens, a U.S. law enforcement official said. 
A response worker navigates the scene of the attack. Photos: Attack on Jerusalem synagogue 
3 charged in alleged assassination plot 
The body of a Palestinian attacker lies covered on the rails at a Jerusalem light train station on Wednesday, November 5. A police spokeswoman said the man was shot and killed after he deliberately rammed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians, then got out of the vehicle and attacked people with a metal bar. One pedestrian, an Israeli border police officer, was killed and 14 other people were injured. 
Police and investigators inspect the van used in the hit and run. Police said the suspect ran over three border police officers waiting to cross the road, then drove into pedestrians standing at the train station. 
Police officers patrol the scene of the attack. A police spokesman called the incident a terrorist attack. 
Israeli firefighters inspect the scene of the attack. Police identified the driver as a member of the militant Islamic group Hamas. 
Onlookers gather at the crime scene. A police spokeswoman said the attacker was 38 years old and had been released from prison recently. 
Rescue workers and paramedics carry an injured man to an ambulance. 
Investigators inspect the scene. 
Investigators look over the vehicle used in the attack. A witness said he heard police fire about 20 shots at the suspect. Pedestrians attacked in Jerusalem In recent weeks, Palestinian attackers killed and injured Israelis in gun, knife and car attacks. Israeli police have responded by shooting dead most of the alleged assailants.
Authorities said Monday they are investigating an incident involving a vehicle that struck an Israeli citizen at the Alon junction on the West Bank.
The 50-year-old man is in serious condition in Tel HaShomer Hospital in Tel Aviv.
A slew of attacks
Here is a look at a few recent acts of violence:
• Two Palestinian cousins stormed a Jerusalem synagogue in mid-November with a gun and butcher's knives, killing five. They were shot dead by police.
• Days later, Israeli authorities said they foiled a plot by Palestinians to assassinate Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
• More than a week earlier, attackers stabbed one Israeli soldier to death in Tel Aviv and three more Israelis near a West Bank settlement, the IDF said. One of the West Bank victims also died.
• In early November, a Palestinian man driving a van plowed into pedestrians at a train stop in eastern Jerusalem, killing two. Another 12 people were injured. The man died in police gunfire after also attacking people with a metal bar, police said.
• In October, a Palestinian man rammed his car into commuters waiting at a light rail stop in Jerusalem, killing a baby and wounding several other people, Israeli police said. The driver of the vehicle was shot as he tried to flee and later died.
• Also in October, according to a Palestinian state news report, an Israeli man killed a 5-year-old Palestinian girl when he ran her down in a car as she walked home from kindergarten. The attack reportedly also injured a second 5-year-old girl.
Tensions over the killings of Israeli teens and Palestinian boys marked the run-up to the military conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas this summer, which took dozens of Israeli lives and more than 2,100 Palestinian lives.
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