Seven dead in Jerusalem synagogue attack

Seven people have died in what police in Jerusalem have described as one of the deadliest attacks on Israelis in years. The attack, which took place as worshippers were celebrating the Jewish Sabbath, comes a day after an Israeli military raid killed nine Palestinians in the West Bank.

Covered bodies of victims as emergency services work at the scene of a shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel. Source: EPA / ATEF SAFADI

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