Jerusalem shooting: 13-year-old held over second attack in days

A 13-year-old Palestinian lad was down a shooting successful Jerusalem connected Saturday, Israeli constabulary person said.

Two radical - a begetter and lad - were earnestly wounded, portion the attacker was changeable and injured by passers by and is being held successful hospital.

It came the time aft 7 radical were killed, and astatine slightest 3 much injured, successful a shooting astatine a synagogue successful East Jerusalem.

Police person arrested 42 radical successful transportation with Friday's attack.

Describing Saturday's incident, which took spot successful the Silwan neighbourhood conscionable extracurricular Jerusalem's Old City, a spokesperson for the Israeli constabulary said the assailant ambushed 5 radical arsenic they made their mode to prayers, leaving 2 successful a "critical condition".

"This is simply a important emergence successful the level of terror," said Dean Elsdunne, adding that the "terrorist" is being treated successful hospital.

In effect to the 2 attacks, authorities person positioned officers from a counter-terrorism portion "permanently" successful the Jerusalem country to "promptly respond to exceptional events whenever necessary".

The antheral who attacked the synagogue connected Friday was identified by section media arsenic a Palestinian from East Jerusalem, who constabulary described arsenic a "terrorist".

Speaking astatine the country of the onslaught connected Friday, Israeli constabulary commissioner Kobi Shabtai called it "one of the worst attacks we person encountered successful caller years".

Israeli worshippers had gathered for prayers astatine the commencement of the Jewish Sabbath successful a synagogue successful the city's Neve Yaakov neighbourhood and were leaving erstwhile the gunman opened fire, astatine astir 20:15 section clip (18:15 GMT).

Police said that officers past changeable him dead.

Palestinian militant groups praised the attack, but did not accidental 1 of their members was responsible.

Tensions person been precocious since 9 Palestinians - some militants and civilians - were killed during an Israeli subject raid successful Jenin successful the occupied West Bank connected Thursday.

This was followed by rocket occurrence into Israel from Gaza, which Israel responded to with aerial strikes.

The synagogue shooting happened connected Holocaust Memorial Day, which commemorates the six cardinal Jews and different victims who were killed successful the Holocaust by the Nazi authorities successful Germany.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly wrote connected Twitter: "To onslaught worshippers astatine a synagogue connected Holocaust Memorial Day, and during Shabbat, is horrific. We basal with our Israeli friends."

President Joe Biden talked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and offered each "appropriate means of support", the White House said.

Shortly aft the incident, Mr Netanyahu visited the site, arsenic did the arguable far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.

A spokesperson for the Israeli subject said connected Saturday that they were boosting their forces successful the occupied West Bank.

Mr Ben-Gvir promised to bring information backmost to Israel's streets but determination is rising choler that helium has not yet done so, says the BBC's Yolande Knell successful Jerusalem.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "deeply disquieted astir the existent escalation of unit successful Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory", a spokesperson said.

"This is the infinitesimal to workout utmost restraint," said Stephane Dujarric.

On Saturday the European Union expressed alarm astatine heightened tensions and urged Israel to lone usage lethal unit arsenic a past resort.

"The European Union afloat recognises Israel's morganatic information concerns - arsenic evidenced by the latest violent attacks - but it has to beryllium stressed that lethal unit indispensable lone beryllium utilized arsenic a past edifice erstwhile it is strictly unavoidable successful bid to support life," said the EU's main diplomat, Josep Borrell.

Israel has occupied East Jerusalem since the 1967 Middle East warfare and considers the full metropolis its capital, though this is not recognised by the immense bulk of the planetary community.

Palestinians assertion East Jerusalem arsenic the aboriginal superior of a hoped-for autarkic state.

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