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They used meat cleavers and a gun. Two Palestinian militants were gunned down in a shootout with police after Jerusalem's deadliest attack in years. The attack on a synagogue killed four worshippers and injured several others. It comes during a spike in tension over the ancient city's holy sites, and the violence that still simmers after last summer's war in Gaza. Amid fears of a third Intifada, what future for Jerusalem?
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says the killing of four Jewish worshippers at a Jerusalem synagogue, along with a spate of recent attacks aimed at Israelis, is part of a "battle over Jerusalem." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Israeli mourners take part in the funeral of Raphael Ben Eliyahu, one of the seven victims of Jerusalem's synagogue attack. IMAGES
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