Jerusalem — Palestinian gunmen opened hearth at a bus cease in north Jerusalem on Monday, killing six individuals and wounding a number of others, together with a pregnant lady, in keeping with officers. The assault focused a location on a street that results in East Jerusalem.
Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) mentioned 5 individuals had been killed within the taking pictures assault, however Israeli Overseas Minister Gideon Saar, talking later throughout a go to to Hungary, mentioned six individuals had been killed and {that a} pregnant lady was amongst these wounded.
Police mentioned two gunmen had been additionally killed. The MDA mentioned earlier that seven individuals had been left in critical situation, but it surely was unclear if that quantity had modified because the loss of life toll climbed from an preliminary 4 to the six introduced by Saar.
The lifeless included a person “about 50 years previous and three males aged round 30,” in keeping with the assertion from the MDA, which added that it was offering medical therapy to a number of of these injured.
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The late morning assault befell on the Ramot Junction on Yigal Road, an earlier assertion by MDA mentioned.
“A painful and troublesome morning. Harmless civilians, ladies, males, and kids had been brutally murdered and wounded in chilly blood on a bus in Jerusalem by vile and evil terrorists,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog mentioned in a social media put up. “Within the face of this barbarity, we noticed extraordinary acts of heroism which prevented even additional lack of harmless lives.
This stunning assault reminds us as soon as once more that we’re combating absolute evil. The world should perceive what we’re up in opposition to, and that terror won’t ever defeat us.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding a gathering to evaluate the scenario after the taking pictures, his workplace mentioned.
Hamas, the U.S. and Israeli-designated terrorist group that has been at conflict with Israel in Gaza for practically 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 in opposition to our individuals,” Hamas mentioned in a press release.
“The wounded had been mendacity on the street 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 automobile.
“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 pressure later confirming each had been pronounced lifeless on the scene.
The taking pictures was one of many deadliest incidents of its type because the conflict 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 individuals, largely civilians, in keeping with Israeli officers.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed at the 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 essentially the most dependable data obtainable.
