Families weep for the victims of Holocaust Day terror attack in Israeli synagogue: Funeral is held for 14-year-old boy gunned down by Palestinian terrorist
- Friday's shooting was outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on the Jewish sabbath
- Gun rampage left seven Israelis dead and three wounded
Funerals have been held in Israel for the victims of the Holocaust Day terror attack at a synagogue in east Jerusalem.
Friday's shooting, outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem on the Jewish sabbath, left seven Israelis dead and three wounded before the gunman was killed by police. It was the deadliest attack on Israelis in 15 years.
Authorities published the names of four of the victims. They included 14-year-old Asher Natan; Eli Mizrahi, 48, and his wife Natali, 45; and Rafael Ben Eliyahu, 56. Funerals for some victims were scheduled Saturday night.
Mourners lit memorial candles near the synagogue on Saturday evening, and in a sign of the charged atmosphere, a crowd assaulted an Israeli TV crew that came to the area, chanting 'leftists go home.'
In response to the shooting, Israeli police beefed up activities throughout east Jerusalem and said they had arrested 42 people, including family members, who were connected to the shooter.
It comes as Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others.
Relatives and friends carry the body of 14 years-old Asher Natan, a victim of a shooting attack in east Jerusalem
Family and friends of Eli and Natali Mizrahi, who were killed in a shooting attack in Jerusalem, mourn during their funeral
Netanyahu's Security Cabinet approved the measures in the wake of a pair of shootings that included a terrorist attack outside an east Jerusalem synagogue on Friday night in which seven people were killed.
Netanyahu's office said the Security Cabinet agreed to seal off the attacker's home immediately ahead of its demolition. It also plans to cancel social security benefits for the families of attackers, make it easier for Israelis to get gun licenses and step up efforts to collect illegal weapons.
The announcement said that in response to public Palestinian celebrations over the attack, Israel would take new steps to 'strengthen the settlements' this week. It gave no further details.
Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of 14-years-old Asher Natan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir investigate the crime scene
Early Sunday, the Israeli military said that security guards in the West Bank settlement of Kedumim had shot a Palestinian who was armed with a handgun and released a photo of the weapon. There were no further details on the incident or the attacker's condition.
Yesterday, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy opened fire elsewhere in east Jerusalem, wounding an Israeli man and his son, ages 47 and 23, paramedics said. Both were fully conscious and in moderate to serious condition in the hospital, the medics added.
As police rushed to the scene, two passers-by with licensed weapons shot and overpowered the 13-year-old attacker, police said. Police confiscated his handgun and took the wounded teen to a hospital.
Palestinian gunman shot dead seven people on the outskirts of Jerusalem, and another shooting attack in the city on Saturday wounded two people
Friday's attack outside a synagogue was the deadliest in the Jerusalem area since 2008
Both Palestinian attackers behind the shootings on Friday and Saturday came from east Jerusalem.
Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem hold permanent residency status, allowing them to work and move freely throughout Israel.
Israel's minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, promises to take stronger action against the Palestinians.
Overhauling Israel's justice system, including the attorney general's office, has been at the top of the agenda of the new government, due to unelected judges and jurists having overwhelming powers.
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Benjamin Netanyahu vows 'strong and swift' response to string of deadly terror attacks in Israel after police arrested 42 people over Holocaust Day synagogue shooting
- The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a 'swift' response
- Palestinian gunman shot dead seven people on the outskirts of Jerusalem
- Another shooting attack in the city wounded two people today
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a 'strong and swift' response to a string of deadly terror attacks in Israel
Ella Sakovich, an aunt of Natali Mizrahi, said that her niece had been celebrating the Jewish sabbath with her husband and his father when they heard gunfire outside on Friday night.
'While eating, she and her husband wanted to help and went out of the house to treat the wounded; they shot both of them,' Ms Sakovich said in a statement released by Hadassah Hospital, where Natali Mizrahi worked serving food to patients.
Bodies lie in the streets of Jerusalem after synagogue 'terror' attack: Netanyahu visits site of gun rampage where Palestinian killed seven
A Palestinian gunman killed at least seven people and wounded three others in a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday. Police said the gunman arrived at around 8.15 p.m. and opened fire, hitting a number of people before he was killed by police. TV footage showed several victims lying in the road outside the synagogue being tended to by emergency workers.
'I heard a lot of bullets,' Matanel Almalem, an 18-year-old student who lives near the synagogue, told AFP.
Islamic Jihad praised the attack. Pictured: Israeli border police
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly described the attack as 'appalling', adding that Britain 'stands with our Israeli friends.' Pictured: Israeli security forces search a car at the site of a reported attack in east Jerusalem, on January 27, 2023.
In the streets of the town called al-Ram, masked Palestinians threw stones and set off fireworks at Israeli police, who responded with tear gas. Palestinian rockets were fired toward southern Israel
Palestinian teenage gunman, 13, wounds father and son, 47 and 23, as he opens fire in Jerusalem
A man on a stretcher, suspected to be the attacker, is brought to a Police van by Israeli police officers at the scene of a shooting near the Old City in Jerusalem
Israeli security forces gather in Jerusalem's predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan, where the assailant shot and wounded two people
Israeli police officers and rescue services at the scene of the shooting
Bodies lie in the streets of Jerusalem after synagogue terror attack:
Victims of the shooting attack are covered on the ground near a synagogue in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.
Israeli forces work near the scene of the shooting attack in Neve Yaacov
Israeli emergency service personnel and security forces stand near a covered body at the site
Emergency services work at the scene of the shooting
Israeli emergency service personnel and security forces stand near a covered body at the site of a terrorist attack in east Jerusalem, on January 27, 2023
Members of Zaka Rescue and Recovery team evacuate a body after the shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem
Crowds of Palestinians waved the flags of Fatah, the party that controls the Palestinian Authority, and militant Hamas, which rules Gaza.
Forensic work in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023
Rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel and were stopped by the Iron Dome
Palestinians burn tires and wave the national flag
Palestinians are seen on Thursday near Gaza City
Palestinian flags are waved and tires burnt near Gaza City on Thursday
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