Another man, believed to be a 20-year-old IDF soldier, was shot near the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The attacker fled the scene on a motorcycle towards Wadi al-Jaz, East Jerusalem. Police were in pursuit.
The victim was said to be seriously hurt.
Meanwhile, the UK Foreign Office was said to be investigating reports that a British aid worker was killed in an Israel airstrike on Rafah, Gaza, on Sunday.