At least seven people were killed and ten more injured in a terrorist attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem's Neve Yaakov neighborhood on Friday night.. It is reported by The Times of Israel.

Terrorist Fadi Ayesh, a resident of Shuafat and a member of Hamas, opened fire on people leaving the synagogue after Friday evening prayers. After that, the terrorist fled the scene in his car, however, in the end, he was eliminated by the police..

According to police, the terrorist arrived by car at about 20:15 at the synagogue building and opened fire.. According to eyewitnesses, before that, he shot an elderly woman on the street, as well as a motorcyclist.

Eyewitnesses also claim that the police drove to the scene of the incident for more than 20 minutes.. Law enforcers responded to the accusations by saying that officers arrived at the scene and eliminated the terrorist within five minutes of the first reports of the shooting..

This attack came after several days of escalation in the West Bank and Gaza. Tensions have risen sharply since Thursday morning, when the Israel Defense Forces carried out a raid in the West Bank against a terrorist cell that killed nine Palestinians..

On Thursday evening, two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip in the direction of Ashkelon, Israel launched air strikes in response.