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The White House condemns the shooting of three people in Jerusalem in an attack claimed by Palestinian militant group Hamas. "We obviously condemn this terrorist attack," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Israeli mourners take part in the funeral of Raphael Ben Eliyahu, one of the seven victims of Jerusalem's synagogue attack. IMAGES
France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrive in La Grande-Motte in southern France where a man draped in a Palestinian flag was suspected of setting fires at a synagogue and triggering an explosion that injured a police officer. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a drone strike on Tel Aviv claimed by Yemen's Huthis that left one person dead, expressing concern over a possible further escalation, a spokesman says. "The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about the risk such dangerous acts pose for further escalation in the region," says Farhan Haq, adding a call for "maximum restraint." SOUNDBITE
The EU's spokesperson repeats the bloc's condemnation of the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who on Wednesday was reportedly shot and hospitalised after a cabinet meeting. "Such acts of violence have no place in our society and weaken democracy" says Eric Mamer. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "strongly condemns the shocking attack" against Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, says Farhan Haq, a UN spokesman. SOUNDBITE