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Israeli forces carry out PM Benjamin Netanyahu's threat

Israeli forces have carried out the threat of their Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to settle scores with the Palestinian terrorists who murdered five people in a Jerusalem synagogue yesterday.

A British-born Rabbi was among four people killed in an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem.

Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, was killed when militants stormed the building and attacked worshippers with knives, axes and guns before being shot by police.

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Obama: No justification for attacks against innocent

US President Obama has condemned the attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem where three US citizens died as a terrorist act, saying "there is and can be no justification against attacks against innocent civilians". He called for Israeli and Palestinian leaders and citizens to work together to lower tensions.

I strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem, which killed four innocent people, including U.S. citizens Aryeh Kupinsky, Cary William Levine, and Mosheh Twersky, and injured several more.

There is and can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians. The thoughts and prayers of the American people are with the victims and families of all those who were killed and injured in this horrific attack and in other recent violence.

At this sensitive moment in Jerusalem, it is all the more important for Israeli and Palestinian leaders and ordinary citizens to work cooperatively together to lower tensions, reject violence, and seek a path forward towards peace

– US president Barack Obama
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