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| Jerusalem 'terrorist attack': British-born grandfather and three US citizens identified as four killed in synagogue | Jerusalem 'terrorist attack': British-born grandfather and three US citizens identified as four killed in synagogue |
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| A British-Israeli national has been identified as one of four people killed by knife-wielding attackers in a Jerusalem synagogue today. | A British-Israeli national has been identified as one of four people killed by knife-wielding attackers in a Jerusalem synagogue today. |
| Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, and three US-Israeli citizens died when two assailants, described by Israeli police as ‘terrorists’ went on a killing spree armed with a pistol and a meat cleaver in a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighbourhood. | Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, and three US-Israeli citizens died when two assailants, described by Israeli police as ‘terrorists’ went on a killing spree armed with a pistol and a meat cleaver in a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighbourhood. |
| Rabbi Goldberg lived in Golders Green, London, for a number of years before moving to Israel, Haaretz reports. | Rabbi Goldberg lived in Golders Green, London, for a number of years before moving to Israel, Haaretz reports. |
| Haaretz identified the other victims as US-born Aryeh Kupinsky, 43, and Kalman Zeev Levine, 55, both residents of Har Nof, and Mosheh Twersky, 59, the grandson of one of the founders of the Modern Orthodox movement and a teacher at a Jerusalem seminary. A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: “We are aware of the death of a dual British-Israeli national in Israel on 18 November 2014. " | Haaretz identified the other victims as US-born Aryeh Kupinsky, 43, and Kalman Zeev Levine, 55, both residents of Har Nof, and Mosheh Twersky, 59, the grandson of one of the founders of the Modern Orthodox movement and a teacher at a Jerusalem seminary. A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: “We are aware of the death of a dual British-Israeli national in Israel on 18 November 2014. " |
| Rabbi Goldberg's cousin, Michelle Hirschfield, said he "was a peaceful man, not politically involved. He only wanted peace." | |
| Eight others were injured in the attack. One worshipper at the service said about 25 people were praying when shooting broke out. He told Israel Radio: "I looked up and saw someone shooting people at point-blank range. Then someone came in with what looked like a butcher's knife and he went wild." | Eight others were injured in the attack. One worshipper at the service said about 25 people were praying when shooting broke out. He told Israel Radio: "I looked up and saw someone shooting people at point-blank range. Then someone came in with what looked like a butcher's knife and he went wild." |
| Photos distributed by Israeli authorities showed a man in a prayer shawl lying dead, a bloodied butcher's cleaver on the floor and prayer books covered in blood. | Photos distributed by Israeli authorities showed a man in a prayer shawl lying dead, a bloodied butcher's cleaver on the floor and prayer books covered in blood. |
| Police said the attackers, who were shot dead by police, were Palestinian cousins from East Jerusalem. | Police said the attackers, who were shot dead by police, were Palestinian cousins from East Jerusalem. |
| The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a militant group, said the cousins were its members. | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a militant group, said the cousins were its members. |
| Palestinian media named the attackers as Ghassan and Udai Abu Jamal, cousins from the Jerusalem district of Jabal Mukaber, where clashes broke out as Israeli security forces moved in to make arrests. | Palestinian media named the attackers as Ghassan and Udai Abu Jamal, cousins from the Jerusalem district of Jabal Mukaber, where clashes broke out as Israeli security forces moved in to make arrests. |
| The alleged terrorists, cousins Rasan (or Ghassan) and Uday (or Oday) Abu Jamal, residents of Jabel Mukaber | |
| On Tuesday evening, police said they were investigating claims that a Palestinian was stabbed in the leg and hospitalised by three Jewish assailants in downtown Jerusalem. | |
| Meanwhile, thousands of people have attended a joint funeral for Mr Kupinsky, Mr Levine and Mr Goldberg held before sundown outside the synagogue where the attack occurred. | |
| Earlier, Hamas praised the attack, saying it was a "response to continued Israeli crimes, the killing, desecrating al-Aqsa (mosque)". | |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's violence as a "cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers and vowed to "respond with a heavy hand". | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's violence as a "cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers and vowed to "respond with a heavy hand". |
| Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, the first time he has done so since a recent spike in deadly violence. | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, the first time he has done so since a recent spike in deadly violence. |
| In a statement, his office said he "condemns the killing of the worshippers in a synagogue in west Jerusalem". The statement called for an end to the "invasion" of the mosque at the holy site and a halt to "incitement" by Israeli ministers. | In a statement, his office said he "condemns the killing of the worshippers in a synagogue in west Jerusalem". The statement called for an end to the "invasion" of the mosque at the holy site and a halt to "incitement" by Israeli ministers. |
| US President Barack Obama also expressed his disapproval of the attack in which three US-Israeli dual nationals were killed, and called on both sides to co-operate with each other and "reject violence". | US President Barack Obama also expressed his disapproval of the attack in which three US-Israeli dual nationals were killed, and called on both sides to co-operate with each other and "reject violence". |
| "I strongly condemn today's terrorist attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem," Obama said in a statement. "There is and can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians," he said. | "I strongly condemn today's terrorist attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem," Obama said in a statement. "There is and can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians," he said. |
| He added: "At this sensitive moment in Jerusalem, it is all the more important for Israeli and Palestinian leaders and ordinary citizens to work cooperatively together to lower tensions, reject violence, and seek a path forward towards peace." | He added: "At this sensitive moment in Jerusalem, it is all the more important for Israeli and Palestinian leaders and ordinary citizens to work cooperatively together to lower tensions, reject violence, and seek a path forward towards peace." |