Gun attack on synagogue leaves five dead in occupied East Jerusalem

Euskaraz irakurri: Synagogue batean egindako eraso armatu batek zazpi hildako utzi ditu, Ekialdeko Jerusalem okupatuan

Seven people were killed this Friday in an armed attack on a synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem and three others were seriously injured by a bullet, the Magen David Adom emergency services reported.

“Seven deaths declared at the scene, three victims transported to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, including a 70-year-old in critical condition, a 20-year-old in serious condition and a 14-year-old in moderate to severe condition,” it said.

“The terrorist who fired was neutralized at the scene”, has said for its part the Israeli Police. The incident occurred in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where a large police force has been deployed, the same source added.

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the islamist movement Hamaswhich de facto rules the Gaza Strip, has celebrated the attack through the loudspeakers of the mosques, but without taking credit for it.

Gunshots have also been heard in the air in the coastal enclave as numerous motorists honked their horns shouting “God is great.”

The Israeli police have described the attack as “terrorist”, a term that in Israel is usually used for any attack committed by Palestinians for nationalist reasons, although the identity of the attacker has not yet been revealed.

This attack occurs in the middle of a escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This Friday Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the launch of several rockets from the coastal enclave, a day after ten Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank at the hands of Israeli forces, nine of them during a military raid on the refugee camp. from Jenin.

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