A Palestinian teenage girl with a knife assaulted an Israeli man Monday in the West Bank , adding another attack to a chain of ethnic violence . At least 10 Israelis have died in attacks since October . A young Palestinian girl was also reportedly killed in ethnic violence . Israeli security officers opened fire on the Palestinian teenager . She sustained `` serious injuries , '' Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said . The girl was taken to a hospital . The stabbing victim was `` lightly wounded '' near the cluster of Jewish settlements of Gush Etzion , Israel Defense Forces said . In recent weeks , Palestinian attackers killed and injured Israelis in gun , knife and car attacks . Israeli police have responded by shooting dead most of the alleged assailants . Authorities said Monday they are investigating an incident involving a vehicle that struck an Israeli citizen at the Alon junction on the West Bank . The 50-year-old man is in serious condition in Tel HaShomer Hospital in Tel Aviv . A slew of attacks . Here is a look at a few recent acts of violence : . • Two Palestinian cousins stormed a Jerusalem synagogue in mid-November with a gun and butcher 's knives , killing five . They were shot dead by police . • Days later , Israeli authorities said they foiled a plot by Palestinians to assassinate Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman . • More than a week earlier , attackers stabbed one Israeli soldier to death in Tel Aviv and three more Israelis near a West Bank settlement , the IDF said . One of the West Bank victims also died . • In early November , a Palestinian man driving a van plowed into pedestrians at a train stop in eastern Jerusalem , killing two . Another 12 people were injured . The man died in police gunfire after also attacking people with a metal bar , police said . • In October , a Palestinian man rammed his car into commuters waiting at a light rail stop in Jerusalem , killing a baby and wounding several other people , Israeli police said . The driver of the vehicle was shot as he tried to flee and later died . • Also in October , according to a Palestinian state news report , an Israeli man killed a 5-year-old Palestinian girl when he ran her down in a car as she walked home from kindergarten . The attack reportedly also injured a second 5-year-old girl . Tensions over the killings of Israeli teens and Palestinian boys marked the run-up to the military conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas this summer , which took dozens of Israeli lives and more than 2,100 Palestinian lives .
A Palestinian girl attacks an Israeli man in the West Bank , police say . The knifing victim is lightly wounded , the IDF says . Police open fire on the girl , wounding her seriously . Palestinian attackers have assailed Israelis in recent weeks with knives , a gun and cars .