Palestinian armed men kill 6 people in attack at the Jerusalem bus stop

The Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in northern Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding several others, according to officials. The bus stop is in the busy Junction Ramot on Yigal Street, which leads to East Jerusalem.

The Israeli emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA) said that five people were killed in the shooting attack, but Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, later speaking during a visit to Hungary, said that six people died and that a pregnant woman was among the injured. Police said two armed men were also killed.

The MDA said previously that seven other people remained in serious condition, but it was not clear if that number had changed as the death toll rose four initials to the six announced by Saar.

The dead included a man “in about 50 years and three men of around 30 years”, according to a statement from the MDA, who added that he was providing medical treatment to several of the injured.

The video of the scene showed dozens of people fleeing the sound of the shots, through stationary cars at the intersection full of people.

Israeli media reported that the attackers boarded a bus full of passengers and opened fire.

“A security officer and a civilian on the scene responded immediately, returned the fire and neutralized the attackers,” police said in a statement.

“A painful and difficult morning. Innocent civilians, women, men and children were brutally killed and injured in cold blood on a bus in Jerusalem by vile and evil terrorists,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog in a position on social networks. “Given this barbarism, we saw extraordinary acts of heroism that prevented a greater loss of innocent lives. This shocking attack once again reminds us that we are fighting the absolute evil. The world must understand what we face, and that terror will never defeat us.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who visited the attack scene on Monday, held a meeting to evaluate the situation after the shooting, said his office.

“We are chasing and surrounding the villages from which the terrorists arrived. We will reach all who helped them, who sent them, and we will take even more hard measures,” said Netanyahu later in a statement shared by his office. “We are at war, a large -scale war against terror on multiple fronts.”

Hamas, the terrorist organization designated by the United States and Israeli that has been At war with Israel in Gaza For almost two years, he praised the shooting, saying that he was carried out by two Palestinian militants.

“We affirm that this operation is a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and the genocide that is freeing against our people,” said Hamas in a statement.

The shooting was one of the most mortal incidents of this type since the war in Gaza was caused by Hamas’ terrorist attack, orchestrated on October 7, 2023 against Israel, which resulted in the death of more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli officials. Hamas and his allies also confiscated 251 Israelis as hostages during the attack, about 50 of which remain in Gaza, and 20 of which are still believed that they are alive according to Netanyahu.

Israel’s retaliation offensive in Gaza has killed At least 64,522 Palestiniansmost of them civilians, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, directed by Hamas, which the United Nations considers the most reliable information available.

The operation of the city of Gaza de Israel expands

On Saturday, Israel’s army asked the Palestinians in the city of Gaza, for a long time the largest population center in the enclave, which moves to a humanitarian area that has designated in the south, since expanded its military operations In preparation of confiscating the hungry city.

Parts of the city, home of almost 1 million people, are already considered “red areas”, where evacuation orders had been issued before the heavy expected fighting.

Help groups have repeatedly warned that a large -scale evacuation of the city of Gaza would exacerbate the Terrible crisis there. The Palestinians have been uprooted and displaced several times during the war of almost two years in Gaza, and humanitarian groups have warned that many may not be able to leave.

Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote in a position on social networks that the army had declared Al-Muwasi, an impromptu camp of tent in southern Gaza, a humanitarian area and urged everyone in the city of Gaza, which the army has called a Hamas Stronghold, to leave. The Army said that civilians could travel in cars along a designated road without being registered.

Israeli forces have reached humanitarian areas throughout the war, Including al-Muwsiwhich declared a safe zone months ago.

Hamas reacts to the new proposal of Alto El Fuego de USA.

Monday’s attack occurred when Hamas said he was evaluating a new proposal of high the Fire of the USA. To put an end to the war in Gaza, which according to the reports was delivered on Sunday. President Trump warned Sunday in a publication on social networks, without offering any detail of the last proposal, which was a “last chance” for Hamas.

“Everyone loves hostages at home. Everyone wants this war to end! The Israelis have accepted my terms. It’s time for Hamas to accept,” Trump said in his social network of truth. “I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will be no other!”

According to the reports, the last proposal requires the immediate return of all the remaining Israeli hostages, Alive and Dead, the first day of a high fire, at which time negotiations would begin to end the war.

Israel’s Foreign Minister, Saar, said on Monday that Israel had accepted Trump’s proposal.

Hamas, in his own statement, said he would continue committed to the negotiators, but reiterated his long -date position that he would only agree with a high fire that included a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the end of the war.

Hamas said that “confirms the preparation of sitting immediately at the negotiating table to discuss the release of all prisoners in exchange for a clear statement to end the war, a complete withdrawal of the Gaza Strip and the formation of an independent Palestinian committee to direct the Gaza Strip and begin their work immediately.”

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