Palestinian attackers opened fire at a crowded bus stop in the northern outskirts of Jerusalem, killing six people and injuring 12 others, Israeli officials have said.<\/p>\n
Police said two gunmen targeted people waiting for a bus at a busy intersection during the morning rush hour on Monday before being shot dead by an off-duty soldier and a civilian who were at the scene.<\/p>\n
The ambulance service identified five of the victims as a 50-year-old man, a woman in her 50s and three men in their 30s, adding that 11 other people had suffered injuries, including six who were in a serious condition with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
The Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Saar, later said a sixth person had died and that the gunmen were Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
Speaking while on a visit to Hungary, he described a \u201cterrible terror attack\u201d, adding: \u201cWe are in a war with radical Islamist terrorism. Europe and the international community, every country, must now make a clear choice. Are they on Israel\u2019s side, or are they on the side of the jihadists?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hundreds of members of the security forces were deployed at the scene to search for additional attackers or explosives that could have been planted around the area. The Israeli military said it was encircling Palestinian villages on the outskirts of the nearby West Bank city of Ramallah in response to the attack.<\/p>\n
Hamas praised two Palestinian \u201cresistance fighters\u201d who it said had carried out the attack but stopped short of claiming responsibility. Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian militant group, also praised the shooting without claiming responsibility.<\/p>\n
The war in Gaza has sparked a surge of violence in both the occupied West Bank and Israel. Palestinian militants have attacked and killed Israelis in Israel and the West Bank, while there has also been a steep rise in settler violence against Palestinians.<\/p>\n
Data from the UN\u2019s humanitarian office says at least 49 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians in Israel or the West Bank between the start of the war and July 2025. In that time, Israeli forces and civilians killed at least 968 Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, visited the site of the attack with his far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. \u201cThe war continues, in Jerusalem as well,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n
The attack took place at the Ramot intersection at the northern entrance to Jerusalem in an area occupied by Israel in 1967 and later annexed \u2013 a move the UN and most countries do not recognise.<\/p>\n
Images shared on social media appeared to show a Carlo submachine gun discarded at the scene.<\/p>\n