Shooting attack at Jerusalem bus stop kills 6
[September 08, 2025]
By MELANIE LIDMAN
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop at a
busy intersection in north Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and
injuring another 12, according to Israeli police, emergency rescue
services and local hospitals.
Police said the attackers shot people waiting at a bus stop.
An Israeli soldier and civilian who were at the scene shot and killed
the attackers, police said.
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.
Monday's shooting took place at a major intersection at the northern
entrance to Jerusalem, on a road that leads to Jewish settlements
located in east Jerusalem.
Footage of the attack showed dozens of people fleeing from a bus stop at
the busy intersection during the morning rush hour. A bus, its
windshield riddled with bullets, idled at a bus stop, with belongings
scattered across the street.
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.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the scene some two hours
after the shooting. Netanyahu was supposed to be in court on Monday for
his ongoing corruption trial, which was delayed due to the security
situation. He warned that Israel is “fighting a war on multiple fronts,"
including both Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel.
Netanyahu also praised the soldier who killed the attacker, who was from
a newly-formed unit for ultra-Orthodox soldiers.
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Israeli police and rescue teams inspect the scene of a shooting
attack carried out by two Palestinian gunmen, in which several
people were killed and others injured at a bus stop in Jerusalem,
Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Hundreds of security forces arrived at the scene to search for
additional attackers or explosives that could have been planted around
the area. The Israeli military said it is encircling Palestinian
villages on the outskirts of the nearby West Bank city of Ramallah as it
steps up defense in response to the attack.
Hamas hailed the attack without claiming responsibility, calling it a
“natural response to the occupation’s crimes against our people.”
Monday's shooting was the deadliest attack since a mass shooting in
October 2024, when two Palestinians from the West Bank opened fire
inside a light rail train in Tel Aviv, killing seven people and leaving
many others wounded. Hamas’ military wing claimed responsibility for
that attack.
Data from the U.N.’s humanitarian office says at least 49 Israelis were
killed by Palestinians in Israel or the West Bank between the start of
the war and July 2025.
During the same period, Israeli forces and civilians killed at least 968
Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank. ___
Associated Press writers Julia Frankel in Jerusalem and Samy Magdy in
Cairo contributed to this report.
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