According to police, the attacker, in his 20s, followed the officers before stabbing them from behind. He was subdued after the stabbing.
An IDF officer was stabbed near Efrat in the West Bank last Tuesday, while on Friday three Israelis were injured after attackers drove into them at a junction outside Kiryat Arba. Also on Friday, a knife-wielding Jordanian man charged at police near the Old City.
Israeli security officials are preparing for a surge of attacks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem ahead of the High Holy Days.
