Israeli security forces and first responders at the site of a terrorist shooting attack in northern Jerusalem, Sept. 8, 2025. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon\/Flash90.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Magen David Adom emergency medical response group identified five of the slain victims as a man and a woman in their 50s and three men in their 30s.<\/p>\n
The sixth fatality, who was not immediately identified, was pronounced dead in the afternoon after medical staff were unable to save them.<\/p>\n
Magen David Adom paramedics transferred seven seriously wounded people to hospitals in Jerusalem, it said. Two others were moderately injured, and three sustained light wounds.<\/p>\n
Two terrorists were neutralized at the scene by an Israel Defense Forces soldier and an armed civilian. The soldier was identified in reports as a squad commander in the IDF\u2019s ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade.<\/p>\n
The Hamas terrorist organization in a statement praised \u201cthe heroic and unique operation\u201d carried out by \u201ctwo Palestinian resistance fighters,\u201d calling the murders \u201ca natural response to the occupation\u2019s crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement called on Palestinians across Judea and Samaria to \u201cescalate the confrontation with the occupation and its settlers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/video>Israeli security forces and first responders at the scene of a terrorist shooting in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot, Sept. 8, 2025. Credit: United Hatzalah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNadav Taib, a paramedic with Magen David Adom, said in a statement shared by the organization he \u201carrived at the location with large forces immediately after receiving the report of people wounded by gunfire.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw people lying on the road, unconscious, on the side of the road and the sidewalk near a bus stop. There was widespread destruction at the scene, shattered glass on the ground and commotion,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Magen David Adom \u201cprovided medical treatment to the wounded and continues to treat and evacuate them to hospitals,\u201d the paramedic said.<\/p>\n
Israel Police spokesman Aryeh Doron told local media that the incident was still ongoing some 30 minutes after the initial report. Security forces were said to be investigating a suspicious object at the scene, per Ynet<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe news outlet reported that the IDF ordered the closure of security checkpoints between Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria pending a situational assessment at its Central Command headquarters.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing the shooting attack at the Ramot Junction earlier today, IDF soldiers were dispatched to the area and are conducting searches for suspects in cooperation with the Israel Police,\u201d the military stated.<\/p>\n
Israeli forces were said to be \u201cencircling several villages on the outskirts of Ramallah to thwart terrorism, carrying out questioning and searches in the area, and reinforcing defensive efforts along the security barrier.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also convened a situational assessment with the heads of the defense establishment, his office said.<\/p>\n
According to Channel 12 News<\/em>, Israel\u2019s security agencies believe that the terrorists arrived by car from a village in the Ramallah area of Samaria. They reportedly used locally produced submachine guns.<\/p>\nThe Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) thwarted over a thousand major Palestinian terrorist attacks<\/a> in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria in 2024, according to the agency\u2019s annual report published in late December.<\/p>\nThe majority of the 1,040 foiled terror attacks involved firearms (689) and explosive devices (326), with the others being stabbings, car-rammings, suicide bombings and abductions, the agency said.<\/p>\n
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