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Jerusalem attack: Synagogue reopens for morning prayers Jerusalem attack: Synagogue reopens for worshippers
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Worshippers have returned to the synagogue in Jerusalem which on Tuesday was the scene of the city's deadliest mass killing for years. Worshippers have returned to the synagogue in Jerusalem that on Tuesday was the scene of a deadly attack.
Jews attended morning prayers just a day after the attack, as the Israeli authorities stepped up security. Security was stepped up by the Israeli authorities at the Kehilat Bnai Torah synagogue ahead of morning prayers.
Four rabbis and a police officer were killed on Tuesday by two Palestinians armed with a gun and meat cleavers. In the attack, two Palestinian men armed with a gun, knives and meat cleavers killed four rabbis and a police officer before being shot dead.
Jerusalem has seen weeks of unrest, partly fuelled by tension over a disputed holy site. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by promising to win the "battle for Jerusalem".
Earlier Israeli troops destroyed the home of a Palestinian man who killed a woman and a baby by ramming a car into a Jerusalem tram stop on 22 October. Before dawn on Wednesday, Israeli troops demolished the home of a Palestinian who killed a baby and a woman last month by ramming a car into a Jerusalem tram stop. The man, Abdel-Rahman Shaloudi, was from Silwan, an area of occupied Arab East Jerusalem.
The man, Abdel-Rahman Shaloudi, was a Palestinian from Silwan, East Jerusalem. Israel had stopped its policy of demolishing the homes of militants in 2005, after a review committee found they did not deter attacks. However, the practice resumed this year.
He was shot by officers as he tried to run away from the scene of the killing and later died of his injuries in hospital. Mr Netanyahu told reporters on Wednesday: "There will be more house demolitions, and many other steps."
'Dependent on God' "We have nothing against the residents of East Jerusalem. But we will not tolerate attacks against our citizens, and we will act against those carrying out these acts and against inciters. With a determined and heavy hand we will restore security to Jerusalem," he added.
Worshippers arrived at the Bnei Torah Kehilat Yaakov synagogue on Wednesday morning, as a security guard stood at the entrance, local reports said. A total of 11 people have been killed by Palestinians in recent weeks, most of them in the city but also in Tel Aviv and the West Bank.
One man, Gavriel Cohen, told the Associated Press news agency that the attack showed "that our future in this world is dependent on God". 'Push towards escalation'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to win a "battle for Jerusalem", following Tuesday's killings, and "settle the score with every terrorist" who attacked Israel. On Wednesday, thousands of people attended the funeral in the Galilee region of the Druze policeman who was shot by the assailants during the attack on the Kehilat Bnai Torah synagogue.
He said he had "ordered the destruction of the homes of the Palestinians who carried out [Tuesday's] massacre and to speed up the demolitions of those who carried out previous attacks". Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said Zidan Saif was a "hero of the Israel police, who laid down his own life to protect the worshippers".
Mr Netanyahu also said he would strengthen security on the streets of Jerusalem. At the same time, the Israeli authorities approved the construction of 78 homes in two settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
'Collective punishment' Jerusalem's municipal planning committee said 50 housing units would be built in Har Homa and 28 in Ramot, which it considers city neighbourhoods.
Tuesday's attack was the deadliest in Jerusalem for six years. A spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the announcement.
Two Palestinian men attacked the West Jerusalem synagogue with a gun and meat cleavers before being shot dead. "These decisions are a continuation of the Israeli government's policy to cause more tension, push towards further escalation and waste any chance to create an atmosphere for calm," Nabil Abu Rudeina told the Reuters news agency.
Israel had stopped its policy of demolishing the homes of militants in 2005, after a review committee found they did not deter attacks. About 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
However, the practice resumed this year. The advancement of plans in recent months for new settlement homes on land annexed to the city has angered Palestinians, who want East Jerusalem to be the capital of their future state.
Human rights groups have criticised the policy. Amnesty International said on Tuesday: "Punishing the families of suspects by destroying their homes is collective punishment and is prohibited by international law." Jerusalem has experienced months of violence since a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in July in a suspected reprisal attack by Jewish extremists for the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June.
East Jerusalem, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, has experienced months of unrest.
A Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in early July, two days after the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank in mid-June.
The killings set off an escalating cycle of violence, leading to a 50-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip that claimed more than 2,000 lives.The killings set off an escalating cycle of violence, leading to a 50-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip that claimed more than 2,000 lives.
Tensions have also risen in recent weeks amid announcements by Israel of plans to build more settler homes in East Jerusalem. Tensions in Jerusalem have recently been heightened by a dispute over a compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism. The compound is known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and contains the al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam.
There has been further unrest over an area known to Jews as the Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism. The compound is known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and contains the al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam. Orthodox Jewish campaigners in Israel are challenging a longstanding ban on Jews praying at the compound. Last month, a prominent Jewish activist was shot and wounded by a Palestinian gunman.
Orthodox Jewish campaigners in Israel are challenging a longstanding ban on Jews praying at the compound.