Multiple people killed in shooting attack on Jerusalem bus

At least five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a pair of attackers opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem Monday morning, paramedics said. 

The shooting unfolded at a busy intersection in northern Jerusalem, on a road that leads to Jewish settlements located in east Jerusalem. Israeli media reported that the two attackers boarded a bus and opened fire. Paramedics said 15 other people were injured and six are in serious condition.

Police said two attackers were “neutralized” soon after the shooting began but have not released additional information about the attackers’ identities.

Hamas released a statement praising “resistance fighters” who carried out the attack, but the group did not explicitly claim credit for the shooting. Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian militant group, also praised the shooting but did not claim responsibility for it.

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The ambulance service identified the five victims as a 50-year-old man, a woman in her fifties and three men in their thirties. It said 11 other people had suffered injuries, including six who were in a serious condition with gunshot wounds.

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Paramedics who responded to the scene said the area was chaotic and covered in broken glass, with people wounded and lying unconscious on the road and a sidewalk near the bus stop.

Police said the two attackers arrived to the scene by car and opened fire on the bus stop. A nearby security officer and an armed civilian shot and killed the attackers.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he is aware of the shooting and is holding a “situation assessment” with security officials.

The deadly attack comes as the ongoing war in Gaza approaches two years since the Oct. 7 massacre. The war in Gaza has sparked a surge of violence in both the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel. Palestinian militants have attacked and killed Israelis in Israel and the West Bank, while there has also been a rise in settler violence against Palestinians.

Reuters contributed to this report

Fox News’ Yael Rotem-Kuriel and The Associated Press contributed to this report.