Fighting between police and Palestinians in
Jerusalem and the West Bank after four Israelis
were killed in a synagogue.
Fighting has broken out between Israeli police and
Palestinians in Jerusalem and the occupied West
Bank following an attack on a synagogue in the
west of the city in which four Israelis were killed
and eight others injured by two Palestinian men.
The Palestinian attackers, who police said were
armed with a gun and axes , were shot dead by
police after gaining entrance to the Har Nof
Synagogue on Tuesday.
Palestinian medical sources told Al Jazeera that at
least 35 Palestinians were wounded in
confrontations between the Israeli security forces
and Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem after the
synagogue attack.
Sources said that 10 Palestinians were wounded in
Al Ram, located in northeast Jerusalem, and 25
others were wounded in Sur Baher, south of the
city.
There were also reports of confrontations in
Ramallah, in the West Bank , as three Israeli
military vehicles drove by the outskirts of the city.
Minor confrontations were also reported at the
illegal Psagot settlement, south of Ramallah .
In response to the synagogue attack, Israel ' s Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warned of a
"harsh response," ordered the demolition of the
homes of the two Palestinians who carried out the
attack.
Israeli soldiers and vehicles started the demolition
on Tuesday evening .
Netanyahu said that Hamas , the Palestinian
faction that governs the Gaza Strip , had spread
lies that Israel was trying to take control of a
religious site in occupied East Jerusalem , called
Temple Mount by Israelis and Haram al-Sharif by
Arabs.
"This caused the attacks ,"
Netanyahu said . "There
is no end to their [ Hamas 's ] terror against the
state of Israel . "
Earlier, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
condemned the killings while Hamas said it was "a
natural reaction to Israel 's practices " against
Palestinians
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