Israeli border police on Monday shot a Palestinian man who lightly injured an Israeli officer in Hebron, Israeli police and a local official said.

Zaid al-Jabaari, Hebron director of religious endowments, identified the Palestinian as Laith Mashaal, 27.

Mashaal prayed at the Ibrahimi Mosque on Monday afternoon before stabbing an Israeli officer outside the mosque, al-Jabaari said.

Medics told Ma'an that Mashaal was transferred to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem with serious wounds.

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma'an that a Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli border policeman in the head, lightly injuring him. Another officer shot the Palestinian, seriously wounding him, Rosenfeld said.

Al-Jabaari said Israeli forces evacuated the mosque and the surrounding area.