An Eritrean man has died after being mistakenly shot and beaten by a mob during an attack in Israel, as a wave of Palestinian violence spread fear and defied international calls for calm.
More than two weeks of violence and unrest have raised warnings of the risk of a full-scale Palestinian uprising, while some Israeli politicians have urged residents to arm themselves to fend of the threat of stabbings and gun assaults.
The attacks, and violent protests which have erupted across Israel and the Palestinian Territories, have prompted a range of security measures including the erection of a controversial temporary wall in annexed east Jerusalem.
Sunday night's mob violence came after a gunman also armed with a knife stormed a bus station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, killing a 19-year-old Israeli soldier and wounding around 10 others.
The gunman was killed, while a security guard at the bus station shot the 26-year-old Eritrean thinking he was a second attacker.
A mob also beat him, Israeli media reported.
Police identified the attacker as a Mohannad Al-Aqaby, 21, an Arab Israeli citizen from the area.
Arab Israelis make up some 17.5 per cent of the Israeli population and are largely supportive of Palestinians in the occupied territories.
"During a raid last night, security forces and Shin Bet (internal security agency) arrested one of his family members, who was accused of providing support" for the attack, police said on Monday.
Video that spread online appears to show the Eritrean lying on the ground after being shot and receiving blows to the head and body from angry bystanders.
Police said an investigation had been opened to find those behind the assault, adding that they "considered this incident as extremely serious" and "would not allow anyone to take the law into his own hands".
Israeli media described him as an asylum seeker, like many Eritreans who have come to Israel, though authorities have not confirmed those details.
Official figures show some 45,000 illegal immigrants are in Israel, almost all from Eritrea and Sudan.
About two-thirds are Eritrean.
The relentless violence has defied an Israeli security crackdown as well as international calls for both sides to calm tensions.
Many of the attacks have seen young Palestinians with knives stabbing Israelis before being shot dead.
Israel had already set up checkpoints in Palestinian areas of east Jerusalem, where the majority of attackers have been from, and some 300 soldiers have begun reinforcing police.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to meet separately with both Netanyahu and Abbas in the coming days, as well as Jordan's King Abdullah, who has previously acted as a mediator.
On Monday during a visit to Madrid, Kerry called for an end to the violence, while adding that "Israel has every right in the world to protect itself."
"We want to see calm restored and we want to see violence stop," Kerry said.
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