A fresh wave of stabbings also hit Israel and the West Bank, including a revenge attack by a Jewish suspect that wounded two Palestinians and two Arab Israelis.
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A Palestinian stabbed four Israelis with a screwdriver yesterday, before a soldier shot and killed him.
Netanyahu, who accuses Palestinian leaders of inciting the violence, has ordered new security measures to stem the assaults, including easing open-fire orders for Israeli troops and expediting the demolition of homes of Palestinians convicted of attacks.
Even before Friday’s flare-up, the upsurge in violence had seen four Israelis killed in attacks and at least three Palestinians shot dead in clashes as anger boils over.
Israeli police said that the 25-year-old was a religious school student attacked by a 19-year-old Palestinian in the north of the city, according to Israeli media.
The Israeli military said about 200 Palestinians in Gaza advanced toward soldiers on the border and threw rocks and rolled burning tires at troops stationed there.
A Palestinian has died from gunshot wounds sustained during clashes with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem.
On Wednesday, stabbings occurred outside a crowded mall in central Israel, in a southern Israeli town and in the Old City of Jerusalem.
One Palestinian was reportedly killed and several others injured during clashes on Thursday with Israeli forces at a refugee camp in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shu’fat. At least 171 Palestinians were wounded in the clashes, it said.
With rising tensions, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Israeli Cabinet ministers and legislators from visiting a sensitive Jerusalem holy site.
We condemn all acts of violence, including attacks by Palestinians and by Israeli settlers.
The unrest is largely linked to Muslim agitation over Jewish access to a contested holy site in Jerusalem.
Abbas told Palestinian business leaders in the West Bank capital of Ramallah that he would not be “dragged” into further violence with Israel and that he is committed to “peaceful popular resistance”.
Israel has boosted security across the country and imposed temporary restrictions on Palestinians wanting to enter the Old City of Jerusalem.
Stabbing attacks in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Israel itself along with rioting have raised fears of a third Palestinian intifada, or uprising.
The latest unrest began about three weeks ago as Palestinians repeatedly barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa mosque at the sacred site, and hurled stones, firebombs and fireworks at the police.
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In a backlash from Israeli parliamentarians to the ruling that would allow Israeli-Arab politicians to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Netanyahu extended the ban to Arab politicians early Thursday.
