A drive-by shooting in Jerusalem has left at least eight people injured and two - including a police officer - in critical condition.
Officers shot and killed the attacker, who was identified as a 39-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem.
The attack took place near the police headquarters at Ammunition Hill, which has now been closed off.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the attacker sped toward a busy stop of the city's light rail service and opened fire, seriously wounding a woman waiting for a train.
He then continued driving and shot another woman who was seated in her car before speeding off toward an Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
Ms Samri said police officers on motorcycles chased the assailant, who eventually stepped out of his vehicle and opened fire at them. A police officer was critically wounded in the shootout.
The shooting was a terrorist attack, according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
A number of local journalists reported that Hamas, who govern the Gaza Strip, welcomed the attack as a "heroic act" and "natural response" to Israeli oppression.
Images showed bullet holes in the side of the attacker's car, a white saloon type vehicle.
A spate of Palestinian assaults, mainly stabbings, has killed 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans since it began just over a year ago, around the Jewish high holidays.
About 218 Palestinians have been killed during that period. Israel says the vast majority of them were attackers.
Israel blames the violence on a Palestinians campaign of lies and incitement. The Palestinians say it derives from frustration over nearly 50 years of occupation.
