Israel prepares to demolish home of Palestinian gunman

Israeli paramilitary border police stand next to the family home of a Palestinian gunman who killed several people in an attack on Friday outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Israel has sealed off the home of an east Jerusalem man who killed seven people outside a synagogue.

It marks a preliminary step ahead of the expected demolition of the building – and comes as two Palestinian men died from wounds sustained in fighting with Israeli forces.