The AP reports on the latest horror from Jerusalem:
BREAKING: Israeli police say 4 worshipers killed, 6 wounded in Jerusalem synagogue attack.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
BREAKING: Israeli police say 4 worshippers killed, 6 wounded in Jerusalem synagogue attack: http://t.co/gQCBSaB2m6 (Corrects misspelling)
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
More: Police kill two Palestinians who stormed a Jerusalem synagogue and killed 4 worshippers: http://t.co/z7MdpDXJEg
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
PHOTO: Four killed in attack on Jerusalem synagogue: http://t.co/M3XUnpcXlw
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
Video of the scene:
VIDEO: Four worshippers killed in attack on synagogue in Jerusalem: http://t.co/ZiJIB2HL0f
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
WATCH: Gunfire exchange at scene of Jerusalem synagogue terror attack http://t.co/nUSG47b85C
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 18, 2014
Witness tells of 'flurry' of gunshots during morning prayers in synagogue attack in Jerusalem http://t.co/uVOfUVt2Mc pic.twitter.com/Ed7b2YxsY6
— ITV News (@itvnews) November 18, 2014
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the attack and blamed Israel:
BREAKING: Palestinian President Abbas condemns synagogue attack, calls for end to Israeli 'provocations'
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
More: Palestinian president condemns the killing of worshippers in a Jerusalem synagogue: http://t.co/sNDiromzbO
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
The attackers were reportedly members of the the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which has praised the murders:
https://twitter.com/daliahatuqa/status/534661655716564992
Rasan and Uday al Jamal from East Jerusalem named as two men behind attack on Jerusalem synagogue. pic.twitter.com/TNtuyhMHna H/T @NTarnopolsky
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) November 18, 2014
Aunt of the synagogue attackers tells me 'they were not terrorists, they had just had enough' #Jerusalem @itvnews
— Geraint Vincent (@GeraintITV) November 18, 2014
Hamas praised the attack and Gaza “celebrates.”
Hamas praises attack on Jerusalem synagogue, says it is revenge for Palestinian bus driver found hanged yesterday.
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) November 18, 2014
Hamas welcomes attack on Jerusalem synagogue, Israel's Netanyahu says will respond "harshly" http://t.co/G6z4mbb4BO pic.twitter.com/bD7kSJv9La
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) November 18, 2014
Palestinians in Gaza celebrate terror attack at Jerusalem synagogue http://t.co/6Wn3mFDNel
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 18, 2014
Hamas praises attack on Jerusalem synagogue; Netanyahu vows 'heavy' response http://t.co/hNsZWq1Qxo pic.twitter.com/Yct86w28he
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2014
Note: the bus driver referred to by Hamas was ruled a suicide by medical examiners.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises retaliation:
BREAKING: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel will 'respond harshly' to Jerusalem synagogue attack
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
More: Netanyahu blames escalating violence in Jerusalem on incitement by Hamas & Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: http://t.co/KoCE2OYHy1
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a security consultation this afternoon at his Jerusalem office. >
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 18, 2014
While John Kerry calls for Palestinian condemnation of the attack:
John Kerry calls on Palestinian leaders to condemn Jerusalem synagogue attack: http://t.co/W2u9otXNo3
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2014
Good luck with that.
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