Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations    

    JERUSALEM, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen were wounded in a shooting attack late Friday night at an entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, local daily Ha'aretz reported Saturday on its website, citing Israeli officials.

    One of the victims was seriously wounded and the other one moderately so. One of the wounded men is a member of the Israel Police, and the other a member of the Border Police.

An Israeli policeman stands guard next to Palestinians arrested after a shooting attack near the Lions Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem early July 12, 2008. Two Israelis were wounded in a shooting attack Friday late near the Lions Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, local media reported.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The attacker opened fire with a handgun toward a group of Israelis at the Lion's Gate of the walled Old City from a Muslim cemetery, the sources said.

    One of the victims was reportedly hit in the head and the second in the chest. Both were evacuated by helicopter from the scene.

    Armed people in the targeted group and police officers shot back and it was not immediately clear if the attacker was hit, police said.

    Several suspects have reportedly been brought in for questioning, but police are still searching for the shooter.

    Tensions have been high in the city since a Palestinian attacked Israelis last week with a bulldozer.

    Police Commissioner David Cohen said there was no connection between the two attacks, and the police investigates every terror attack separately.

    On July 2, a bulldozer went on a deadly rampage in Jerusalem, ramming into several cars, overturning a crowded bus, killing three people and injuring dozens.

    The bulldozer driver, identified as a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem with an Israeli identification card, was shot dead by an elite policeman who climbed up the moving construction vehicle and opened fire.

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