At least 7 Israelis killed, several injured in Jerusalem synagogue shooting

Israeli police are investigating Friday night's deadly incident outside of an east Jerusalem synagogue.
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Israeli security forces deploy at the site of a reported attack in a settler neighborhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Jan. 27, 2023. - AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images
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Rina Bassist
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Israeli police confirmed several people were killed and others injured in a shooting attack in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem on Friday evening.

It is unclear yet if any of them were critically wounded. They were all dispatched to a nearby hospital.

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