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Jerusalem synagogue attack What we know and what we don' t know

Dina RickmanNov 18, 2014 Israeli security forces secure the scene after the attack At least four people have been killed after two Palestinians attacked worshippers in a Jerusalem synagogue with knives, axes and guns, Israeli police said. Two assailants were killed by police in a shootout at the scene. Eight people were wounded in the attack, including two police officers.

What we know

Israeli police described the assault, at the Kehillat Bnei Torah synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof area of Western Jerusalem, as a “terrorist attack”. They said the culprits were cousins from east Jerusalem. Speaking this morning, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack was a result of “incitement from Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas". He added: "We will respond with a firm hand to this brutal murder of Jews who went to pray and were scathed by despicable murder." A Hamas spokesperson said the attack was a response to "the ongoing Israeli crimes at al-Aqsa [the mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem located on Temple Mount]." They added: "The Hamas organisation calls for the continuation of acts of revenge." US secretary of state John Kerry blamed the attack on Palestinian calls for "days of rage," and said Palestinian leaders must take serious steps to refrain from such incitement. He also urged Palestinian leaders to condemn the attack "in the most powerful terms." One of the four dead is a British-Israeli national, the foreign office confirmed. A spokesperson said: "We are aware of the death of a dual British-Israeli national in Israel on 18 November 2014." He has been named by Haaretz as Avraham Shmuel Goldberg. An Israeli emergency services member holds a cloth covered in blood as he cleans the scene of the attackKeep reading...Show less

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