Two of the victims were seriously hurt by gunfire outside the Old City. Israeli authorities described the incident as a terrorist attack.

JERUSALEM — At least eight people were injured by gunfire outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem early Sunday in a shooting that the Israeli authorities described as a terrorist attack. 

Two victims were in serious condition, one of them a pregnant woman who later gave birth. The police said the gunman, identified by Israeli broadcasters as a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem, later surrendered and was arrested.

The shooting compounded tensions in the region less than a week after Israel and Palestinian militants had reached a cease-fire to end three days of fighting over Gaza that left dozens of Palestinians dead, including children as well as militant commanders. It was the most violent militant attack since a surge in Palestinian violence during the spring that killed at least 19 Israelis and foreigners before ebbing in May