At Least 7 Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials

Israeli forces work next to a covered body at the scene of a shooting attack in Neve Yaacov which lies on land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967, on Jan. 27, 2023. Ammar Awad/Reuters

JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said.

Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman.