Seven people were killed and 10 injured in a shooting at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of East Jerusalem, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, cited by Reuters.
According to an Israeli newspaper, the shooter was shot dead. newspaper.
The man was waiting for the victims to leave the synagogue and opened fire.
Police say that after the aggressor fired at people, the firearm was jammed and out of bullets, forcing him to return to his car to flee the scene.
Three of the wounded were taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, including a 70-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man in serious condition, as well as a 14-year-old boy.
According to the newspaper newspaperThe Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. A spokesman for the group said the shooting was in retaliation for an Israeli army attack on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on Thursday. Nine Palestinians were killed and another 20 were injured.
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