Shimon Israel, whose son Eliyahu (48) and daughter-in-law Natalie (45) were killed in the attack said: "They got married two years ago. There were shots that stopped and they went out to help. The terrorist took out the gun and shot them. We were in the middle of a Shabbat meal."
One of the witnesses to the attack described Eliyahu Mizrahi's last moments: "I told him: 'They are shooting at me, don't run'. I saw him a second before he was murdered. The terrorist shot at my window. God saved me."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the scene of the attack in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem, photo: Reuters
Seven Israelis were murdered yesterday in a shooting attack on a synagogue in the Neve Ya'akov neighborhood in Jerusalem around 8:15 p.m.
A police force made contact and neutralized the terrorist, whose name was Alkam Khairi, a 21-year-old resident of A-Tor.
The terrorist arrived in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood with a car, got out of it, approached the synagogue and started shooting at people walking in the street.
He hit a total of ten people on the main street in the neighborhood which was crowded at that time.
Initially, the terrorist shot four people near the synagogue, continued walking down the street for 200 meters towards the west and shot more people.
At that time, the police received dozens of calls from citizens who reported the attack, and forces were called to the scene.
Security forces near the scene of the attack, photo: Reuters
After the killing spree, the terrorist got into the car and started a fast drive away from the scene.
At the Neve Yaakov-Beit Hanina intersection, a policeman and a volunteer recognized him and went towards him.
The terrorist got out of the vehicle, shot at them and started running away from the scene.
The police started a chase, had a shootout with him and finally killed him.
The terrorist, a resident of A-Tor, is known to the police for property theft.
An investigation was launched into whether he had assistants.
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