They are 15 young people and the parents of the shooter, identified as Jaire Alkam, who died from shots fired by Israeli security forces after the attack in the capital.
At least 17 people have been arrested in an operation by the Israeli security forces at the home of the Palestinian shooter who has left at least seven dead and a dozen injured this past Friday in a synagogue in East Jerusalem.
The detainees are 15 young people plus the parents of the shooter, identified as Jaire Alkam, who was shot dead by Israeli security forces shortly after carrying out a shooting assault from his vehicle against the faithful who were going to pray at the synagogue in Neve Yaakov, according to security sources cited by Jerusalem Post.
Although the provisional balance of the attack is seven dead, the number could increase due to the severity of the injuries, since there are at least three in critical condition in two hospitals in the area: a 70-year-old woman, a 20-year-old a 30 year old man. In addition, there are two people in moderate condition, a minor and a 60-year-old woman.
The synagogue attack came at the end of a day of enormous tension in the West Bank over the death of nine Palestinians during an Israeli operation. A spokesman for the Islamist movement Hamas has described the shooting of Neve Yaakov as “a heroic act of revenge for the massacre” in the West Bank, according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth.
Source: Eitb
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