Israeli forces kill Palestinian assailant, police say, as violence surges

Israeli policemen detain an Arab Israeli as clashes with police erupted during a demonstration held by Israeli right-wing protesters (L) near the family home of Nashat Melhem, an Arab Israeli who killed three people in a Jan. 1 shooting attack, in the northern Arab Israeli village of Arara September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Palestinian assailants in the West Bank on Monday, police said, and two Israeli police officers were stabbed in East Jerusalem in a resurgence of violence now into its fourth day.

Palestinian street attacks that began nearly a year ago had largely waned in recent months, but a series of assaults since Friday have raised alarm in Israel of a new wave of bloodshed in the run-up to the Jewish New Year holiday next month.