Two Palestinian gunmen killed Three Israelis in Jerusalem
Video showed the attackers getting out of a car on a highway and shooting at people with a rifle and a pistol.
Off-duty soldiers and a civilian at the scene killed the gunmen, who police said were from occupied East Jerusalem.
Hamas claimed the pair as its members and said the attack was a response to Israeli "crimes" in Gaza and elsewhere.
It came hours after the Palestinian armed group - which Israel, the UK, US and other Western powers class as a terrorist organisation - agreed with Israel to extend a truce in Gaza for a seventh day and allow another exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meanwhile arrived in Tel Aviv as part of efforts to prolong the pause in the devastating war, which was triggered by Hamas's deadly attack on Israel on 7 October.
On Thursday morning Mr Blinken held talks with Israel's President Isaac Herzog, who told him that the Jerusalem shooting was another example of "the endless war that we are fighting against terrorist organisations, especially Hamas, in these very complicated and challenging times".
Mr Blinken said the attack was a reminder "of the threat from terrorism that Israel and Israelis face every single day".
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