Seven people have actually been shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem, the most killed in an attack of this kind for several years.
A minimum of 3 more people were injured.The event taken place in the citys Neve Yaakov neighbourhood at about 20:15 regional time (18:15 GMT).
Police explained the aggressor as a terrorist and said he had been neutralised .
Regional media determined him as a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem.Speaking at the scene, Israeli cops commissioner Kobi Shabtai called it one of the worst attacks we have experienced in recent years .
Israeli worshippers had actually collected for prayers at the start of the Jewish Sabbath in a synagogue in the Jewish settlement and were leaving when the shooter opened fire.
Cops say that officers then shot him dead.Forensic groups are examining a white car that appears to have actually been driven by the gunman.Palestinian militant groups applauded the attack, however did not say among their members was responsible.The attack was celebrated by Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with rallies and the distributing of sweets.The attack happened on Holocaust Memorial Day, which commemorates the 6 million Jews and other victims who were eliminated in the Holocaust by the Nazi program in Germany.
To attack worshippers at a synagogue on Holocaust Memorial Day, and throughout Shabbat, is dreadful.
We stand with our Israeli buddies, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly composed on Twitter.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated: The United States condemns in the greatest terms the dreadful terrorist attack.
President Joe Biden talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and offered all appropriate ways of support , the White House said.Shortly after the event, Mr Netanyahu visited the site, as did the controversial far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Mr Ben-Gvir promised to bring security back to Israels streets however there is increasing anger that he has actually not yet done so, says the BBCs Yolande Knell in Jerusalem.Tensions have been high since nine Palestinians - both militants and civilians - were eliminated throughout an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.This was followed by rocket fire into Israel from Gaza, to which Israel reacted with air strikes.United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply worried about the present escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory , a spokesperson stated.
This is the minute to work out utmost restraint, stated Stephane Dujarric.Israel has inhabited East Jerusalem since the 1967 Middle East war and considers the whole city its capital, though this is not acknowledged by the vast majority of the worldwide community.Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the future capital of a hoped-for independent state.Source: BBC-Agencies