Palestinian Held over Knife Attack on Israel Border Guard

A Palestinian woman in her late 30s was arrested on Thursday after trying to stab an Israeli border guard at the entrance of an east Jerusalem police station, police said.

It was not immediately clear what prompted the woman to attack the border guard, who suffered only scratches, a statement said, indicating that an investigation was under way.

But the incident drew the attention of Palestinian youth in the neighborhood, with about 100 of them gathering around the station after the incident to show their support for the woman.

Police arrested three of them before dispersing the crowd.

Tensions have been running high in annexed east Jerusalem and the West Bank over Israel's eight-day offensive in Gaza, which formally ended with a truce announcement on Wednesday evening.

The West Bank has witnessed daily protests and clashes with Israeli security forces, with the army on Thursday saying it had arrested 55 "terror operatives" overnight in connection with "recent terrorist and violent activity" in the territory.