At least two Israelis and a suspected Palestinian assailant have been killed in Jerusalem on Saturday, police said. Police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said the Palestinian was shot after the knife attack in Jerusalem's old city which also left at least two others injured, including a 2-year-old baby. Meanwhile, Islamic Jihad claimed that one of its members carried out an attack in which two Israelis were killed and two others wounded on Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City."Mohannad Shafik Halabi, 19, is a member of Islamic Jihad," a senior member of the Palestinian resistance group said on condition of anonymity, fter the group issued a statement hailing the attack and saying it was in response to Israeli "terrorist crimes" against Palestinians.The attack comes at a time of heightened tension between Palestinians and Israelis. On Thursday, an Israeli couple were killed when their car was shot at near Jewish settlements in the West Bank, leading to reprisal attacks by Israeli settlers who set fire to Palestinian vehicles and land. Jerusalem's old city has also been the site of frequent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police since September 13 because of heavy restrictions on entry to the revered Al-Aqsa mosque compound during a series of Jewish holidays.Since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in June 1967, the Jordanian government, known as the Waqf, has been running the holy site. The compound is allowed for Muslim prayer alone, however, Jewish Israeli visitors are also allowed into the site under the surveillance of Israeli police. After, Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount was seen as provocative and led to the second intifada in September 2000 and sparked the already tense conflict between Israel and Palestinians.Tensions flared up between Israelis and Palestinians after Israel announced its expansion of an "illegal" settlement project that includes establishing major constructions in the area as well as a planned increase in the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied territories. The Palestinian district of East Jerusalem was captured by Israel during the 1967 six-day war and since then Israel has tried to expand its influence over the neighborhood by allowing Jewish settlers to reside in the occupied area. Israeli aggression does not appear only in Jerusalem but also in Gaza Strip. During the Israeli attacks more than 2,100 Palestinians died, including many civilians, according to Palestinian and U.N. officials. Palestinians see the restrictions as an infringement on their right to worship at the site, considered the third holiest mosque in Islam. Jewish visitors are banned from praying at the site, which they also consider holy, but hardline groups have frequently forced their way onto the Al-Aqsa compound, leading to clashes with security forces. With the rising tensions, both Palestinian and Israeli authorities have recently attempted to highlight how many have been killed this year. The Palestinian Liberation Organization, which governs the West Bank, tweeted on Saturday that 35 Palestinians had been killed and 750 injured by security forces or Israeli settlers since January. An Israeli military blog post on Thursday also highlighted that, in the same period, three civilians had been killed and 24 had been injured before this week.