The Israel Police detained 42 people linked to the terrorist attack against a synagogue in Jerusalem

The Israel Police detained 42 people linked to the terrorist attack against a synagogue in Jerusalem. (REUTERS) (RONEN ZVULUN /)

Forty-two people were detained for questioning in an operation by Israeli security forces at the home of the Palestinian terrorist who caused the death of at least seven people in a east jerusalem synagogueThis was announced this Saturday by the Israeli police.

Among the detainees there are 15 young people plus the parents of the perpetrator of the terrorist attack, identified as Jaire Alkamwho was shot dead by Israeli security forces shortly after executing his drive-by assault on the faithful who were going to pray at the synagogue of Neve Yaakovaccording to information from The Jerusalem Post.

Although the provisional balance of the attack is seven dead, the number could increase due to the seriousness of the wounded, since there are at least three in critical condition at two hospitals in the area: a 70 year old woman, a young man of 20 and a man of 30 years. In addition, there are two people in moderate condition, a minor and a 60-year-old woman.

The attack on the synagogue occurred at the end of a day of enormous tension in west bank for the death of nine Palestinians during an Israeli operation. A spokesperson for the Hamas terror group described the shooting of Neve Yaakov as “a heroic act of revenge for the massacre” from the West Bank, according to the newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth.

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