BREAKING: A gunman killed five people and wounded three others in a shooting near a synagogue in east Jerusalem in one of the deadliest attacks on Israelis in years, Israeli rescue service said. The gunman was shot and reportedly killed.
The killings took place a day after Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians in the deadliest West Bank raid in years.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below., even as the likelihood of a major conflagration appeared to ebb following the deadliest Israeli raid in two decades.
“We’re certainly deeply concerned by this escalating cycle of violence in the West Bank as well as the rockets that have been apparently fired from Gaza,” Kirby said. “And of course, we condemn all acts that only further escalate tensions.” The Palestinians’ rockets were fired toward southern Israel, while Israel’s nonlethal airstrikes were on targets in Gaza, such as training camps and an underground rocket-manufacturing site.
“Thank God it was good and there were no problems after that cursed day,” he said, referring to Thursday’s events.
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