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Six Palestinians are killed by Palestinian gunmen at a Jerusalem bus stop

On Monday, two Palestinian gunmen opened up at a bus station on the outskirts Jerusalem and killed six people. Police described the attack as "a terror attack," which was one of the most deadly in recent years.

Dashboard camera footage from the scene shows people running away from a bus parked on the side of the road. Shots can be heard. A video from the scene showed bullet holes in a bus's windows and windscreen.

"Suddenly, I heard the shots start..." Ester Lugasi told Israeli TV that she felt as if she had been running for an eternity. "I thought I would die."

Ambulance service identified five victims: a man aged 50, a woman aged in her fifties, and three men aged in their 30s. The ambulance service said that 11 people were injured, six of whom had gunshot injuries and were in serious condition.

Gideon Saar, the Israeli Foreign Minister, said that a sixth victim had died. He also confirmed that the gunmen are Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, praised the two Palestinian "resistance" fighters it claimed were responsible for the attack. However, it did not claim responsibility. Islamic Jihad is another Palestinian militant group that praised the shooting.

Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the site of the attack said that Israeli forces were pursuing those who assisted them.

Israeli police reported that two attackers arrived in a car and fired at a Ramot Junction bus stop. Police said they recovered several weapons, ammunition, and a knife from the scene.

After the shooting, footage showed that there was a large police presence in Ramot. A paramedic who arrived at the scene told the ambulance service that there were several victims lying on the street and sidewalk. Some of them were unconscious.

Israeli military has said that it has deployed soldiers in the area to assist police in their search for suspects. It said that soldiers were also deployed in Ramallah, West Bank, to "thwart terror" and conduct interrogations.

In Tel Aviv, in October 2024, armed with knives and guns, two Palestinians killed seven people. Two Palestinian gunmen murdered three people in November 2023 at a Jerusalem stop bus. Israeli security services claimed that the attackers of the 2023 Jerusalem shooting had Hamas ties. Reporting by Rami Amitay, Maayan Lulbell, Alexander Cornwell, Ahmed Elimam, and Jana Choukeir, in Jerusalem; Editing and production by Gareth Jones, Ros Russell, and Ros Jones.

(source: Reuters)