According to Israeli medical services, a gunman hit two people in East Jerusalem this Saturday, less than a day after seven people were killed outside a synagogue, the AP continues.
According to that news agency, the attack this morning, which took place near the historic Cidade Velha, injured a father and son, aged 47 and 23.
The AP reports that authorities have announced that they have shot the attacker and that he has been taken to a hospital, but there is no news about his condition.
This shooting, a day before the arrival of US Secretary of State António Blinken, could escalate the conflict between Israel and the West Bank, which has been occupied for several years, the AP points out.
On Friday, a Palestinian gunman killed at least seven people, including a woman in her 70s, in a Jewish settlement with a large ultra-Orthodox population in East Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened a security cabinet meeting tonight to discuss a response to the attack at the synagogue and Israeli police have launched a security crackdown.
The AP also reports that security forces fired near the gunman, a 21-year-old Palestinian, and arrested 42 of his relatives and neighbors for questioning in East Jerusalem’s At-Tur neighborhood.
Source: DN
