The attacked happened Friday night a little after 8pm in Jerusalem:
Seven people were shot and killed and at least three others were wounded in a terror shooting attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, police and medics said Friday night.
According to police, the terrorist arrived by car at 8:13 p.m. at a building used as a synagogue in the neighborhood in northern Jerusalem and opened fire at people outside the synagogue and other passersby.
He then fled the scene by car toward the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina — several hundred meters away — where he encountered officers who were called to the scene.
Police said the terrorist — a resident of East Jerusalem — was shot dead after he exited the car and opened fire on the officers while trying to escape on foot…
According to Channel 12 news, the terrorist first shot an elderly woman in the street, then encountered a motorcycle rider and shot him, before reaching the Ateret Avraham synagogue and opening fire at people outside.
The Jerusalem Post reports that this is the shooter: “The name of the perpetrator was Khairy Alqam (not the other way around), 21 years old, from Jerusalem.”
تصحيح
اسم منفذ العملية خيري علقم (و ليس العكس) 21 عاما من القدس pic.twitter.com/Bn5OJGqlrx
— يونس الزعتري #عين_على_العدو (@YounesZaatari) January 27, 2023
There were celebrations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after the attack.
تغطية صحفية: “#صورة من الاحتفالات في مدينة نابلس بعد عملية القدس” pic.twitter.com/pkWebQ2as7
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) January 27, 2023
Happening on Holocaust Remembrance Day /
Palestinians cheering in Nablus as 7+ people got killed during the shooting attack in Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/6ZdLn9OrV6
— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) January 27, 2023
Palestinians distributing sweets and celebrating the shooting attack in Jerusalem which led to death of 7+ people. pic.twitter.com/WUvMeCEZ8x
— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) January 27, 2023
Sen. Tom Cotton condemned the attack.
The attack in Jerusalem today was a cowardly, evil act that targeted peaceful worshipers.
Our friends in Israel have every right to defend themselves against this terrorism.https://t.co/N3r0GsNrJp
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) January 27, 2023
In case you were wondering, Rep. Rashida Tlaib issued this “both sides” statement about the attack on Israeli civilians.
Tonight, far too many families, both Palestinian and Israeli, are going to bed broken, without loved ones. If there is not immediate de-escalation, I fear countless more families will suffer the same fate.
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) January 27, 2023
This is the deadliest attack in Israel since 2008. It followed an Israeli raid which took place the previous night.
Tensions have increased dramatically since Thursday morning, when an Israel Defense Forces raid in the West Bank against a terrorist cell left nine Palestinians dead — most of them gunmen and members of the cell, though at least one civilian was also killed.
The IDF said Thursday’s operation in the Jenin refugee camp was necessary to foil imminent attack plans by a local Islamic Jihad terror cell. The group had primed explosives and firearms, according to the IDF.
Secretary of State Blinken is set to visit Israel Sunday and will be meeting with both President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu. Here’s a BBC news report about the attack.
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