Several injured in East Jerusalem car attack by Palestinian

Several Israelis were injured on Friday after a Palestinian man drove a vehicle into a crowd of Israelis in East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities have said.

Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that the vehicular attack took place near an Israeli police headquarters located on the street separating East Jerusalem and West Jerusalem.

Israeli paramedics said that seven people have been injured in the attack.

Micky Rosenfeld, another Israeli police spokesman, said that four policewomen have been "moderately" injured in the attack and that they had been hospitalized.

He also said that an Israeli policeman shot the yet-unidentified suspect before he was later seized and detained by police for investigation.

Earlier on Friday, Israel's daily Yediot Ahronoth reported that a Palestinian man rammed his car into a group of people waiting for East Jerusalem's light rail train.

Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner confirmed the attack, saying that at least five people have been injured.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The past few months saw an uptick in violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories that left several deaths and injuries on both sides.

Several Israelis were killed or wounded amid a rise in Palestinian attacks on Israelis as tension in the region mounts.

Israeli forces, meanwhile, have continued their attacks on Palestinians and their lands in the occupied territories, also leaving several dead or wounded.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Middle East War.

It annexed the entire city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Jewish state – a move never recognized by the international community.