Three alleged assailants were killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis on Friday, security forces said, shattering weeks of relative calm in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The attacks were a reminder of persistent tensions that continue to alarm the international community and came a day after UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned the two-state solution was "further than ever" from becoming reality.
In the first incident, a man tried to stab police officers in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and was killed on the spot.
"The terrorist was shot dead by a police officer after he had tried to stab her," a police statement said.
Police said the attacker, Saeed Amro, was 28 and held a Jordanian passport, having crossed the border between the two countries on Thursday afternoon.
Many Palestinians hold Jordanian passports, and Israeli police said they were checking if Amro also had Palestinian papers.
The attack happened at the Damascus Gate entrance to east Jerusalem's Old City, the main entrance for Palestinians.
Shortly afterwards, two Palestinians rammed a car into a bus stop used by Israelis in the occupied West Bank, causing injuries before troops killed one of the assailants, the army said.
"Two assailants rammed a vehicle into a civilian bus stop at the Elias junction near the community of Kiryat Arba," an Israeli military statement said.
"Forces at the scene fired at the vehicle resulting in the death of one of the assailants while the other was wounded."
Three young civilians were lightly injured, Israeli medics said.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the dead suspect as Firas Khadour. Local sources named the wounded attacker, a woman, as Raghad Khadour.
She was taken to hospital in serious condition after being shot in the stomach.
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