Palestinian factions called for mass rallies against the Zionist entity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in a "day of rage" Friday

Palestinian factions called for mass rallies against the Zionist entity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in a "day of rage" Friday, as world and regional powers pressed on with talks to try to end more than three weeks of bloodshed.

Hours after the announcements, a heroic Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, before being shot and wounded by other occupation troops, the Israeli military said.

The calls for mass protests were backed by both Palestinian resistance group Hamas and the Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as other factions.

Hamas issued a statement calling on "angry Palestinians to take part in the mass rallies at the Friday of rage and new confrontation against occupation (Israeli) soldiers."

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he was cautiously optimistic there was a way of defusing the tensions after holding four hours of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin Thursday.