An armed attacker opened fire near a synagogue in east Jerusalem. According to media and police reports, seven people have died.
- cheers in the Gaza Strip: After the deadly attack, eyewitnesses report of Palestinians celebrating
- terror in Israel: At least seven people died in a shootout outside the Ateret Avraham synagogue in Jerusalem.
- stop as retribution: Hamas describes attack as retaliation for attack on refugee camps
Update from January 27, 10:20 p.m.: The police in Jerusalem confirmed: The assassin who shot several people in East Jerusalem is dead. According to initial findings, the police said on Friday evening that it was a 21-year-old resident of East Jerusalem. The police had previously said officers had shot the assassin at the scene and “neutralized” him.
Cheering in the Gaza Strip: After the deadly attack, eyewitnesses report of Palestinians celebrating
Update from January 27, 10:03 p.m.: Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have responded with celebrations to a terrorist attack that left several dead at a synagogue in east Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported militants shooting up in the air and pouring into the streets on Friday night. 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.”
Jerusalem District Police Chief Doron Turgeman said loudly Jerusalem Post: “This is one of the most serious terrorist attacks we have seen in recent years.” The police now assume it was a single perpetrator, but are continuing to scan the area around the synagogue, according to the statement on Twitter, among others.
Deadly shots in Israel: USA condemn attack on synagogue
Update from January 27, 9:32 p.m.: Like the newspaper Jerusalem Post reported, the assailant is a man who lived in east Jerusalem. According to the newspaper, he had no known terrorist connections. The Palestinian organization previously described the attack as retaliation for the Israeli army’s raid on the Jenin refugee camp.
In the meantime, both the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the media are reporting on Twitter that seven instead of eight visitors to the Ateret Avraham Synagogue were killed.
Numerous ambassadors condemned the attack. “Horrible act of violence in a Jerusalem synagogue on International Holocaust Remembrance Day,” wrote Tom Nides, the US Ambassador to Israel on Twitter. The US described the attack as “absolutely appalling”. Washington condemns this “suspected terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms,” said a spokesman for the State Department in Washington.
Attack in Israel: Eight people die in an attack on a synagogue in east Jerusalem
First report from January 27th: JERUSALEM – At least eight people were killed in a gun attack on a synagogue in east Jerusalem on Friday. This was confirmed by a police spokeswoman on Friday evening. Shortly before, the Magen David Adom rescue service had reported five dead and three others injured.
Deadly shots in Jerusalem: Media reports of terrorist attack with further injuries
According to Jerusalem Post there should be another ten injured. A 14-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were among the injured, according to a spokesman for the emergency services. As Magen David Adom announced on Friday evening, several of the injured are in critical condition. Dozens of people in shock are treated on site.
The attacker was probably “neutralized”. It was initially unclear whether he was killed. According to the newspaper, the attacker died trying to flee in a car.
Terror in Israel: Police are looking for more terrorists after deadly shots in Jerusalem
Like the newspaper Jerusalem Post reported the incident happened at a synagogue in the Neve Ya’akov neighborhood. The assassin, a Shuafat resident, is believed to have opened fire as synagogue visitors were exiting the building. The police are looking for other terrorists in the area.
Israel: Hamas calls attack in retaliation for attack on refugee camps
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 in the evening was in retaliation for the Israeli army’s raid on the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday. Nine Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers. There had been fears that the situation could escalate further when the Israeli Air Force launched fresh attacks on the Gaza Strip on Friday (January 27).
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