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IsraelAt least seven dead after shots in Jerusalem – Hamas speaks of “retaliation”
According to media reports, the incident happened near a synagogue. The attacker was eventually killed by the police.
The shots can be heard on videos from Jerusalem, and people are fleeing on the streets.
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At least eight people are said to have died in a shooting in east Jerusalem.
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The shooter was eventually killed by police.
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The security situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories has deteriorated significantly in recent days.
Several people have been killed by gunfire in an Israeli settlement in east Jerusalem. A police spokeswoman spoke on Friday evening of an attack on a synagogue that killed eight people. The attacker was therefore “neutralized”.
According to media reports, the attacker opened fire on visitors to a synagogue. According to the Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom, several of the injured were taken to a nearby hospital. Several people are in critical condition.
Conflict between Israel and Palestine escalates
The security situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories has deteriorated significantly in recent days. A spokesman for Gaza’s ruling Hamas said the attack was in retaliation for the Israeli army’s attack on the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday. Nine Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers.
Today, more than 600,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Palestinians claim the territories for an independent state of Palestine with the Arab-influenced eastern part of Jerusalem as the capital.
The shooter was also shot afterwards.
AFP
As can be seen in photos from Jerusalem, the bodies are lying in the middle of the street and have been covered by the emergency services.
AFP
According to media reports, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank responded with celebrations to the terrorist attack that left several dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported how militants shot up in the air and poured into the streets on Friday night. A spokesman for Gaza’s ruling Hamas said the attack was “retaliation for the Israeli army’s attack on the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday.”
(dpa/fis)