A Palestinian stabbed and lightly injured a Zionist border guard in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, and was shot dead by another guard.

A Palestinian stabbed and lightly injured a Zionist border guard in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, and was shot dead by another guard, occupation police said.

The attack took place near the Ibrahimi Mosque shrine - known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs - in the city of Al-Khalil, where several knife operations by Palestinians have taken place in recent days.

The Palestinian martyr raised the number of Palestinians killed by Zionist forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank within the last 24 hours to 3, raising the total number of Palestinians killed so far this month to 64, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The third Palestinian Intifada enters its sixth week as wave of mainly stabbing operations have spread fear among the Zionist authorities in the occupied territories, as Jewish extremist groups are calling settlers to have personal weapons.