Four Israelis have been killed and eight injured as two
men armed with a pistol and meat cleavers attacked a
West Jerusalem synagogue, police say.
The attackers - Palestinians from East Jerusalem - were
shot dead.
There have recently been several deadly attacks and
clashes in Jerusalem, which has also seen heightened
tension over a disputed holy site.
Israel has vowed to respond "with a heavy hand" to the
attack - the deadliest in Jerusalem in six years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed "incitement"
by Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,
and said the international community had ignored their
actions.
Hamas and Mr Abbas's Fatah party - rival Palestinian
factions - agreed to form a unity government earlier this
year, a move denounced at the time by Israel.
Mr Abbas's office issued a statement saying: "The
presidency condemns the attack on Jewish worshippers
in their place of prayer and condemns the killing of
civilians no matter who is doing it."
The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, says it
carried out the synagogue attack.
Militants from the far-left-wing Palestinian nationalist
group have been behind many previous attacks on
Israelis.
Hamas and another militant group, Islamic Jihad,
praised the attack. Israel has designated both groups as
terrorist organisations.

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