Hamas gunman kills one, wounds 3 in Jerusalem before being shot dead
A militant of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement opened fire Sunday in Jerusalem's Old City, killing one person and wounding three before he was shot dead, Israeli officials, police and medics said.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett ordered security to be boosted and called for people to be on "heightened alert" over the risk of further attacks.
The four wounded, two police officers and two civilians, were rushed to Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital, where one of the civilian victims died. "This morning there was a serious shooting attack in the Old City of Jerusalem," Bennett said in a statement. "At the moment we have one dead and three wounded. "Two policewomen and one policeman quickly neutralised the terrorist."
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation identified the victim as Eliyahu Kay, an immigrant from South Africa, who was employed by them as a guide at the Western Wall plaza.
The immigration ministry said he was 25 and had come to Israel in 2019.
His funeral was set to take place Monday morning in Jerusalem.
Police said the attacker had fired a "Carlo-type weapon", a type of submachine gun.
After the shooting, dozens of police officers deployed on the narrow streets of...