At least eight people have been killed by gunmen who are reported to have infiltrated and attacked a Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem.
Israeli media said that at least 30 were injured in the attack at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe quarter of Jerusalem.
Reports said one of the attackers had an explosives belt and was shot dead.
It is the worst attack of its kind for a number of years. There were no attacks within Jerusalem during 2007.
The gunmen are said to have entered a dining room at the rabbinical seminary, where about 80 people were Ariel Sharon reaches 80 in coma ...
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There are reports of celebratory gunfire in Gaza after news broke about the attack.
The BBC's Crispin Thorold says this will be a particularly shocking incident for the Israeli public and Jewish people around the world - which comes at an extremely tense time.
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(BBC)
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