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| Courtesy of the BBC |
The Americans -- identified as Aryeh Kupinsky, Kalmen Levin and Moshe Twersky -- were killed along with a fourth person after two Palestinians armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed the building and began attacking people. The two Palestinians were killed in a shootout with police, and the attack also left eight injured, including one person in critical condition.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel will "respond harshly" to the attack, which he denounced as a "cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he spoke to Netanyahu after the assault and denounced it as an "act of pure terror and senseless brutality and violence."
Kerry blamed the attack on Palestinian calls for "days of rage," and said Palestinian leaders must take serious steps to refrain from such incitement. He also urged Palestinian leaders to condemn the attack "in the most powerful terms."
There was no response as yet and no tangible protection policy expected from President Obama.
UPDATED @ 10:25 CDT - No significant comments came from the President and no retaliation or protection strategy was even remotely identified. - editor
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