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JERUSALEM (AP) — Attackers opened occurrence astatine a autobus halt astatine a engaged intersection successful northbound Jerusalem connected Monday, sidesplitting 5 radical and injuring different 12 people, according to Israeli constabulary and exigency rescue services.
Police said the attackers changeable radical waiting astatine a autobus stop, portion Israeli media reported the attackers besides boarded a crowded autobus and opened occurrence inside.
A information serviceman and a civilian who were astatine the country changeable and killed the attackers, constabulary said.
The shooting took spot astatine a large intersection astatine the bluish entranceway to Jerusalem, connected a roadworthy that leads to Jewish settlements located successful eastbound Jerusalem.
Footage of the onslaught showed dozens of radical fleeing from a autobus halt astatine the engaged intersection during the greeting unreserved hour. Paramedics who responded to the country said the country was chaotic and covered successful breached glass, with radical wounded and lying unconscious connected the roadworthy and a sidewalk adjacent the autobus stop.
Hundreds of information forces arrived astatine the country to hunt for further attackers oregon explosives that could person been planted astir the area. The Israeli subject said it is encircling Palestinian villages connected the outskirts of the adjacent West Bank metropolis of Ramallah arsenic it steps up defence successful effect to the attack.
Hamas hailed the onslaught without claiming responsibility, calling it a “natural effect to the occupation’s crimes against our people.”
The warfare successful Gaza has sparked a surge of unit successful some the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel. Palestinian militants person attacked and killed Israelis successful Israel and the West Bank, portion determination has besides been a emergence successful settler unit against Palestinians.
While determination person been scattered attacks implicit the past months successful Israel, the past deadly wide shooting onslaught was successful October 2024, erstwhile 2 Palestinians from the West Bank opened occurrence connected a large boulevard and airy obstruction presumption successful the Tel Aviv area, sidesplitting 7 radical and leaving galore others wounded. Hamas’ subject helping claimed work for the attack.
According to police, the 2 men opened occurrence successful the Jaffa vicinity of Tel Aviv, including shooting straight into a airy obstruction carriage crowded with passengers that was stopped astatine a station.
Data from the U.N.’s humanitarian bureau says astatine slightest 49 Israelis were killed by Palestinians successful Israel oregon the West Bank betwixt the commencement of the warfare and July 2025.
In that time, Israeli forces and civilians killed astatine slightest 968 Palestinians successful Israel and the West Bank. ___
Associated Press writers Julia Frankel successful Jerusalem and Samy Magdy successful Cairo contributed to this report.
