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Jan. 27 (UPI) — A gunman killed a minimum of seven folks at a synagogue within the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police stated Thursday. Police stated the 21-year-old attacker, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was killed in a shootout with police after fleeing the scene in a car. Police additionally stated they believed the attacker acted alone. Three folks have been critically injured, in accordance the Israeli police’s worldwide spokesman Dean Elsdunne.
The taking pictures comes sooner or later after Israeli forces killed 9 Palestinians within the metropolis of Jenin within the occupied West Financial institution.
“We strongly condemn the heinous terror assault that occurred this night at a synagogue in Jerusalem and are shocked and saddened by the lack of life …,” stated White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in an announcement late Friday.
In contrast to Palestinian residents of Israel, who’ve the precise to vote in Israeli elections and journey all through the nation, Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem are allowed to journey in Israel however are usually not permitted to vote in Israeli legislative elections, although they’re allowed to vote for the Jerusalem municipal council.
Palestinian residents of the West Financial institution and Gaza will not be allowed to journey in Israel with out particular permission.