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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed¹ to win a "battle for Jerusalem" following a deadly attack on a synagogue.

Two Palestinians armed with a gun and meat cleavers² killed four rabbis in West Jerusalem before being shot dead.

A policeman officer later died of his wounds as well.

It's the deadliest attack in Jerusalem in some six years.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned³ the attack.

Hamas, on the other hand, has taken a different position, calling on Palestinian people to carry out similar attacks.

Iraq's Defense⁴ Minister has gone on-record saying he is going to reject any proposals for foreign ground troops in the fight against the Islamic State.

Khalid al-Obiedi contends the Iraqi army will be able to expel the Islamic State from his country.

The statement is a response to suggestions from US officials about the potential for sending in ground troops.

Meantime, Iraqi security forces have reportedly driven out the Islamic State around a strategic oil field north of Iraq.

The area had been under Islamic State control for the past five months.