Palestinian gunmen kill five people in attack on Jerusalem bus stop

Jerusalem — Palestinian gunmen opened hearth at a bus cease in north Jerusalem on Monday, killing 5 folks and wounding a number of others, in keeping with officers. The assault focused a location on a highway that results in East Jerusalem. 

Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) mentioned 5 folks had been killed within the taking pictures assault, updating an earlier toll of 4. Police mentioned two gunmen had been additionally killed.

The MDA mentioned seven different folks had been left in critical situation.

The useless included a person “about 50 years outdated and three males aged round 30,” in keeping with a press release from the MDA, which added that it was offering medical therapy to a number of of these injured.

The late morning assault occurred on the Ramot Junction on Yigal Road, and left about 15 folks wounded, an earlier assertion by MDA mentioned.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding a gathering to evaluate the state of affairs after the taking pictures, his workplace mentioned.

Hamas, the U.S. and Israeli-designated terrorist group that has been at war with Israel in Gaza for almost two years, praised the assault, saying it was carried out by two Palestinian militants.

“We affirm that this operation is a pure response to the crimes of the occupation and the genocide it’s waging towards our folks,” Hamas mentioned in a press release.

“The wounded had been mendacity on the highway and sidewalk close to a bus cease, a few of them unconscious,” paramedic Fadi Dekaidek, who was on the scene, mentioned in a press release supplied by the MDA.

Police mentioned the attackers had opened hearth on a bus cease after arriving in a car.

“A safety officer and a civilian on the scene responded instantly, returned hearth, and neutralized the attackers,” they mentioned in a press release.

Talking on Israel’s Channel 12, a police spokesperson mentioned there have been two assailants concerned, with the drive later confirming each had been pronounced useless on the scene.

The taking pictures was one of many deadliest incidents of its variety because the warfare in Gaza was sparked by the Hamas-orchestrated, Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist assault on Israel, which resulted within the deaths of greater than 1,200 folks, largely civilians, in keeping with Israeli officers.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed at least 64,368 Palestinians, most of them civilians, in keeping with figures supplied by the well being ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, which the United Nations considers probably the most dependable info accessible.