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| Casualties in Jerusalem shooting | Casualties in Jerusalem shooting |
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| Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli patrol in east Jerusalem, wounding four of them, police and emergency services there have said. | |
| Israeli border police returned fire, killing both of the Palestinians, police said. | |
| The incident is reported to have happened in Sheik Said neighbourhood. | The incident is reported to have happened in Sheik Said neighbourhood. |
| It comes amid heightened tension between Israel and the Palestinians, with rocket attacks and air strikes across the Israel-Gaza border. | It comes amid heightened tension between Israel and the Palestinians, with rocket attacks and air strikes across the Israel-Gaza border. |
| The shooting is reported to have taken place near the barrier Israel is building in the West Bank. | |
| The border police had been patrolling with civilian guards, reports said. | |
| The BBC's Middle East correspondent Tim Franks says there was still no detail on the motive for the attack, or which group the Palestinians were from. | |
| He says that such incidents in east Jerusalem were extremely rare. | |
| One of the wounded Israelis was hit in the chest and in a serious condition, the Associated Press news agency reported. |