On the morning of September 8, 2025, a shooting occurred at a bus stop near the Ramot Junction on the outskirts of Jerusalem. According to Israel’s ambulance service, five civilians were killed, among them a man aged around 50, a woman in her fifties, and three men in their thirtiesReutersThe Guardian.

• On the morning of September 8, 2025, a shooting occurred at a bus stop near the Ramot Junction on the outskirts of Jerusalem. According to Israel’s ambulance service, five civilians were killed, among them a man aged around 50, a woman in her fifties, and three men in their thirtiesReutersThe Guardian. Other sources note injuries: 11 people wounded, six of whom were in serious conditionReutersAl JazeeraAP News.

• Israeli police reported that two attackers arrived by car and opened fire at the bus stop. They were immediately confronted and shot dead by a security officer and an armed civilian on sceneReutersThe GuardianAP News. Weapons, ammunition, and a knife were recovered at the sceneReuters.

• No group has officially claimed responsibility, but both Hamas and Islamic Jihad praised the attackers, referring to them as “resistance fighters”ReutersThe Guardian.

• In response, Israeli authorities launched heightened security operations: the military increased its presence, conducted raids around Ramallah in the West Bank, and imposed checkpoints and cordons in nearby Palestinian villagesReutersAl JazeeraThe GuardianAP News.

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency security meeting following the attack and postponed his testimony in an ongoing corruption trial to address the crisisThe GuardianThe Washington Post.

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