A Palestinian stabbed two Israelis in Jerusalem before being shot, police and the army said Friday, in the first knife attack in the city in two weeks.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a 23-year-old Palestinian had stabbed and lightly wounded two Israelis, and was shot, without providing the assailant's condition.

"Terrorist stabs two Israeli civilians in Jerusalem. Assailant shot on site," the army said on Twitter.