Until surpassed by the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting and the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting , this was the deadliest mass shooting at an American place of worship , alongside a 1991 attack at a Buddhist temple in Waddell , Arizona .

On the morning of 18 November 2014 , two Palestinian men from Jerusalem entered Arriving Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue , in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem , Israel , and attacked Attack the praying congregants with axes , knives , and a gun .

The UN Security Council condemned Judgment_communication the `` despicable terrorist attack Attack '' in the Jerusalem synagogue .