A safety personnel stands close to the scene the place a suspected capturing assault came about on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Sept. 8, 2025.
Ammar Awad | Reuters
Two gunmen opened hearth at a Jerusalem bus cease on Monday, killing 5 individuals and critically injuring seven others, emergency companies mentioned.
Police mentioned the shooters, who had been “neutralized,” had attacked at a bus cease, whereas some Israeli media reported additionally they boarded a crowded bus and opened hearth inside.
Hamas hailed the assault, which occurred at an essential intersection on the northern entrance to Jerusalem on a street that results in Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem, as “heroic” however didn’t declare accountability.
One lady and 4 males have been killed, a spokesperson for Magen David Adom, Israel‘s emergency service, mentioned in a press release. Seven have been critically wounded. A number of others suffered minor accidents from shattered glass.
Paramedics described a chaotic scene.
“We noticed victims mendacity on the edges of the street and on the sidewalk close to the bus cease, some unconscious,” MDA paramedic Nadav Taieb mentioned in a press release.
“There was intensive destruction, damaged glass on the bottom, and a chaotic scene.”
Israeli police mentioned the victims have been ready on the bus cease when the gunmen open fired. A soldier and a number of other civilians there “engaged the attackers and returned hearth,” the police mentioned in a press release, including the gunmen have been confirmed lifeless on the scene.
There was a surge in violence in each Israel and occupied West Financial institution for the reason that Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel, and the next conflict within the Gaza Strip.