Two Palestinians from East Jerusalem burst into a West Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday morning, killing four people and wounding several others. Three American-Israeli dual-citizens were identified among the victims. This latest attack is being viewed by both sides as a potential turning point in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
An Israeli police officer gestures as he holds a weapon near the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue on Nov. 18, 2014.Ronen Zvulun—ReutersIsraeli emergency personnel remove the body of an Israeli man from a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Ilia Yefimovich—Getty ImagesPeople react as they stand outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Ilia Yefimovich—Getty ImagesIsraeli police crime scene investigators stand near bodies of suspected attackers outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Lior Mizrahi—Getty ImagesIsraeli security personnel run next to a synagogue, where a suspected Palestinian attack took place, in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Ronen Zvulun—ReutersA bullet hole through the front window of a synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Jim Hollander—EPAUltra-Orthodox Jewish boys look at the scene in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Sebastian Scheiner—APMourners gather for the funerals of Rabbi Kalman Levine, Avraham Goldberg and Arieh Kupinsky in Jerusalem on Nov.18, 2014. Ilia Yefimovich—Getty ImagesUltra-Orthodox Jews carry the body of Mosheh Twersky during his funeral in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP