Jerusalem (CNN) Two Palestinian men armed with knives tried to board a bus carrying children in Israel but were forced back by people inside the vehicle, police said.

After being kept off the bus, the Palestinians stabbed an Israeli man at a bus stop in the city of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, said police spokeswoman Luba Samri.

Police officers shot the two attackers, wounding both of them, she said. They and the Israeli they stabbed were hospitalized, and one of the Palestinians later died of his wounds.

The stabbing Thursday is the latest attack in a wave of deadly violence involving Palestinians and Israelis. It took place on the same day that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin to discuss the crisis.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas this week, pleading with both sides to pull back from the brink of what he warned could be "another catastrophic period of violence."

Police: Attackers wore radical group's symbol

But the bloodshed continues.

The two attackers Thursday were wearing shirts with the symbol of a radical Islamist group, Samri said. Police identified them as being from the town of Zurif in the West Bank.

Islamic militant groups have praised the series of knife and gun assaults by Palestinians in recent weeks but haven't claimed responsibility for them.

Israeli leaders have accused Palestinian officials, including Abbas, of inciting the attacks.

Many Palestinians say the anger driving the violence is fueled by the heavy presence of Israeli security forces in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as recent restrictions on Palestinian access to a contested holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and many more wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces so far this month.

Four suspects in Eritrean man's death

Police said Thursday that four people suspected of involvement in the mob beating death of an Eritrean man during one of Sunday's attacks had been freed on bail.

After a gunman killed an Israeli soldier in Beer Sheva, the Eritrean was apparently misidentified as a second attacker, beaten and shot.

Samri, the police spokeswoman, said two civilians and two prison guards had been released "with a monetary deposit and no house detention."

"The investigation continues and more arrests of suspects are expected," she said.

Kerry and Netanyahu meet

Greeting Kerry ahead of their meeting in Berlin, Netanyahu blamed the violence on what he called incitement by Abbas and the Islamist group Hamas.

"I think it's time that the international community told President Abbas to stop the incitement and hold him accountable for his words and his deeds," Netanyahu said.

"I think it's time for the international community to say clearly to President Abbas: Stop spreading lies about Israel, lies that Israel wants to change the status quo on the Temple Mount, lies that Israel wants to tear down the al-Aqsa Mosque, and lies that Israel is executing Palestinians. All of that is false," he said.

The holy site in Jerusalem that Israelis call the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, has been one focus of the recent tensions.

Jews are not allowed to pray on the Temple Mount, where the al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock are situated, but right-wing Israeli politicians have called for that to change.

That has set off widespread concern among Palestinians that the status quo is being undermined and that division of the site is coming -- a claim the Israeli government has repeatedly denied.

Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Israeli security forces and emergency personnel attend to an Israeli victim of a Palestinian stabbing attack in Jerusalem on October 30. A Palestinian stabbed two Israelis in Jerusalem before being shot, police and the army said, in the first knife attack in the city in two weeks. Hide Caption 1 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Israeli police inspect the scene of a stabbing attack in Beit Shemesh, Israel, on Thursday, October 22. Two Palestinian men armed with knives tried to board a bus carrying children but were forced back by people inside the vehicle, police said. The two men were shot by police after they stabbed an Israeli man at a bus stop. Hide Caption 2 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians A police officer injured during an attack at a bus station in Beer Sheva, Israel, is carried from the scene on Sunday, October 18. Ten people were injured and one person, a soldier, was killed, according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. The attacker -- identified by police as a Bedouin man -- was killed in the shootout on Sunday, but so was an Eritrean migrant who was apparently misidentified by a security guard as a second attacker, police said. Hide Caption 3 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Israeli border police check Palestinians' identification on October 18 at a checkpoint as they exit the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem. Hide Caption 4 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Left-wing activists march on Saturday, October 17, in Jerusalem. About 2,000 participants took part in an Arab-Israeli demonstration for peace. Israeli police and security forces remain on high alert around Israel and the West Bank. Hide Caption 5 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Israeli border police order a Palestinian to lift his shirt at a checkpoint as he exits the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem on October 17. Hide Caption 6 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians An injured Israeli soldier is taken into Hadas hospital on October 17 in Jerusalem after being stabbed in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hide Caption 7 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Israeli medics carry away the body of a Palestinian man who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier in the east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Armon Hanatsiv, adjacent to the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabal Mukaber, on October 17. Hide Caption 8 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Palestinians carry the body of Iyad Awawdeh, 26, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Dora, near Hebron, on October 17. Awawdeh was killed after he stabbed an Israeli soldier, while posing as a journalist, during clashes Friday. Hide Caption 9 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Palestinian mourners carry the body of Mahmud Homaida, who was killed by the Israeli military the day before, during his funeral in Gaza City. Homaida, 22, was killed near the Nahal Oz border crossing with Israel. Hide Caption 10 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians An Israeli soldier runs to help another who was just stabbed by an alleged Palestinian assailant, seen on the ground holding a knife, during clashes in Hebron, West Bank, on Friday, October 16. In recent weeks, there has been a spike in violence across Israel and the Palestinian territories. Why now? CNN's Ben Wedeman breaks down the issues Hide Caption 11 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones toward Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on October 16. Hide Caption 12 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Palestinians kneel during noon prayers in Jerusalem on October 16. Hide Caption 13 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Two Palestinian women cry Wednesday, October 14, during the funeral of Muataz Ibrahim Zawahra, who was killed in clashes with Israeli troops near Bethlehem. Hide Caption 14 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Palestinian mourners carry Zawahra's body on October 14. Hide Caption 15 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather around the body of Yeshayahu Kirshavski during his funeral in Jerusalem on Tuesday, October 13. According to the Times of Israel, Kirshavski was killed by a Palestinian in a car-ramming attack. Hide Caption 16 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Kirshavski's funeral continues on October 13. Hide Caption 17 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Medics attend the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem on October 13. Random, unpredictable attacks have stumped Israeli police, CNN's Ben Wedeman reported. Hide Caption 18 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians A member of Israel's security forces cordons off the site in Jerusalem where a Palestinian man drove into a bus stop and carried out a stabbing attack on October 13. Hide Caption 19 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians A member of Israel's security forces stands in front of Palestinian protesters throwing stones during clashes in Bethlehem on October 13. Hide Caption 20 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians An Israeli police vehicle drives in front of Palestinian protesters in Bethlehem on October 13. Hide Caption 21 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Palestinians take part in an anti-Israel protest in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on October 13. Hide Caption 22 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Jewish children pray at the site of a stabbing attack in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday, October 12. Hide Caption 23 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians A Palestinian protester in Bethlehem throws a tear-gas canister back at Israeli security forces on October 12. Hide Caption 24 of 25 Photos: Tensions escalate between Israelis, Palestinians Israeli soldiers aim their weapons toward Palestinian protesters during clashes in Bethlehem on October 12. Hide Caption 25 of 25

"We remain committed to the status quo, we are the ones that protect all the holy sites, and Israel is acting to protect its citizens as any democracy would in the face of such wanton and relentless attacks," Netanyahu said Thursday.

Kerry said it was important to find ways to move "beyond the condemnation and beyond the rhetoric."

"It is absolutely critical to end all incitement and all violence and to find a road forward to build the possibility that is not there today for a larger process," he said. "I talked with (Jordan's) King Abdullah yesterday. I have talked with President Abbas. I believe people want this to de-escalate. So let's go to work and see what we can do."

'Cautious measure of optimism'

"I would characterize that conversation as one that gave me a cautious measure of optimism that there may be some things that could be, in the next couple of days, put on the table which would have an impact, I hope, on the perceptions of everybody engaged that there is a way to defuse the situation and begin to find a way forward." Kerry said.

"If anything, what is happening now is a urgent call to all with any responsibility -- and there are many countries that bear responsibilities with respect to this region -- to help to try to resolve these age-old differences in a frozen conflict," he said.