A Palestinian woman tried to stab a Zionist policeman at a checkpoint north of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Monday and was shot dead, Israeli police said.

A Palestinian woman tried to stab a Zionist policeman at a checkpoint north of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Monday and was shot dead, Israeli police said.

No injuries were reported among the Zionist police in the incident at the Biddu checkpoint. Police fired in the air before shooting her when she continued to move toward them with a knife, authorities said.

A wave of such attacks have occurred since October, though the violence has steadily declined in recent weeks.