A Palestinian driver rammed his vehicle into a checkpoint east of Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, injuring two border police officers before being shot and apprehended, The Times of Israel reported.

In a statement, the police said the man was traveling from the direction of Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank. The driver and victims have been transported to separate hospitals in Jerusalem.

The car ramming is the latest incident in a series of terrorist attacks that swept through Israel and the West Bank on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, three separate stabbings left two Israeli civilians and one soldier injured, while an attempted stabbing was foiled by police in east Jerusalem. That morning, seven Israeli drivers came under attack in the West Bank by a rock-throwing Palestinian mob, which witnesses say tried to pull one woman out of her car, smashed her windshield and kicked her multiple times.

According to a report (Hebrew link) from Israel’s channel 4, over 105 rock-throwing attacks and 35 fire-bombings were recorded throughout the day.

Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We will take firm action against terrorists, lawbreakers and inciters. We have bolstered our troops and are using all means necessary to fight this terrorism,” The Times of Israel reported. Conversely, members of the Fatah Central Council, which includes Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, praised Palestinians “rising to defend their al-Aksa Mosque and confronting terrorist settlers,” according to The Jerusalem Post.

The tide of violence comes only days after two stabbing attacks left two dead and three wounded in Jerusalem. Earlier this month, Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin were fatally shot while driving through the West Bank with their four children. Abbas did not condemn either attack.

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