--- description: Two Palestinian assailants kill 4 at a synagogue title: In Photos: Chaos and Mourning in Jerusalem After Synagogue Attack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13b791b89a212570/69876952f887dc7e38e886d8/israel-jerusalem-synagogue-attack-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chaos and Mourning in Jerusalem After Synagogue Attack by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2014 4:43 PM CUT  People react as they stand outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. People react as they stand outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2014 4:43 PM CUT Two Palestinians from East Jerusalem [burst](http://time.com/3591819/jerusalem-palestinians-israelis/ "undefined") 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—Reuters  Israeli emergency personnel remove the body of an Israeli man from a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images  People react as they stand outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images  Israeli police crime scene investigators stand near bodies of suspected attackers outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Lior Mizrahi—Getty Images  Israeli security personnel run next to a synagogue, where a suspected Palestinian attack took place, in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Ronen Zvulun—Reuters  A bullet hole through the front window of a synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Jim Hollander—EPA  Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys look at the scene in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Sebastian Scheiner—AP  Mourners gather for the funerals of Rabbi Kalman Levine, Avraham Goldberg and Arieh Kupinsky in Jerusalem on Nov.18, 2014. Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images  Ultra-Orthodox Jews carry the body of Mosheh Twersky during his funeral in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3592149/israel-jerusalem-synagogue-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3592149/israel-jerusalem-synagogue-attack/"},"headline":"Chaos and Mourning in Jerusalem After Synagogue Attack","datePublished":"2014-11-18T16:43:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:01.767Z","description":"Two Palestinian assailants kill 4 at a synagogue","url":"https://time.com/3592149/israel-jerusalem-synagogue-attack/","keywords":["Israel","photography","Attack","Israeli-Palestinian Conflict","Jerusalem"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13b791b89a212570/69876952f887dc7e38e886d8/israel-jerusalem-synagogue-attack-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13b791b89a212570/69876952f887dc7e38e886d8/israel-jerusalem-synagogue-attack-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Israelis Killed In Synagogue Attack","caption":"People react as they stand outside a synagogue on Nov. 18, 2014 in Jerusalem.","creditText":"Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3592149/israel-jerusalem-synagogue-attack/","name":"Chaos and Mourning in Jerusalem After Synagogue Attack"}}]}] ```