At least 42 detained in a police operation at the home of the shooter at the Neve Yaakov synagogue

MADRID, 28 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least 42 people have been arrested in an operation by the Israeli security forces in the home and surroundings of the Palestinian shooter who left at least seven dead and a dozen injured this past Friday in a synagogue in East Jerusalem.

Those detained in this raid have been identified as 15 young people plus the parents of the shooter, identified as Jaire Alkam, who was shot dead by Israeli security forces shortly after carrying out a shooting assault from his vehicle against the faithful who were heading to to pray at the Neve Yaakov synagogue, according to security sources to the 'Jerusalem Post'.

The rest of the detainees are neighbors of the attacker, according to the police statement collected by the DPA agency.

Although the provisional balance of the attack is seven dead, the number could increase due to the severity of the injuries, since there are at least three in critical condition in two hospitals in the area: a 70-year-old woman, a 20-year-old a 30 year old man. In addition, there are two people in moderate condition, a minor and a 60-year-old woman.

The synagogue attack came at the end of a day of enormous tension in the West Bank over the death of nine Palestinians during an Israeli operation. A spokesman for the Islamist Hamas movement has described the shooting of Neve Yaakov as "a heroic act of revenge for the massacre" in the West Bank, according to the Israeli newspaper 'Yedioth Aharonoth'.