JERUSALEM According to Israeli police and paramedics, seven persons were injured, two of them critically, in an armed attack on a bus transporting Jewish worshipers in downtown Jerusalem before early on Sunday. According to the police, they were alerted about a gunshot on a bus near David’s grave. Police had cordoned off the area and were searching for a suspect who had escaped. Later, police spokesperson Kahn Elie Levy told public radio that the terrorist was in their custody.
A large police presence was seen in front of the spot near the Western Wall (the Western Wall) in Jerusalem’s Old City. The Israeli medical assistance group Magen David Adom claimed it responded after receiving reports of a gunshot on a bus in Jerusalem. According to Magen David Adom spokesman Zaki Heller, there are seven wounded, one lady and six males, with two of them in serious condition.
We arrived promptly, stated two of the organization’s paramedics. On the street Maale Hashalom. We stopped pedestrians to assist two males in their 30s who were hurt on the bus. They were aware and walking about with upper-body injuries. I was on my way back from the Western Wall. The bus was packed with people. I came to a halt at the bus stop outside David’s tomb.
The gunfire began at that point, according to bus driver Daniel Kanievsky, who spoke to a small group of reporters at the scene. I noticed two people on the bus who were bleeding. Everyone was horrified, he said as he stood in front of the bullet-riddled bus. Last week, Israel launched a preemptive strike in Gaza against the Islamic Jihad movement, which retaliated by firing a barrage of rockets towards Israel.
This military escalation killed at least 49 Palestinians, including Islamic Jihad combatants and children, and lasted until a truce was declared. This truce was negotiated on Sunday evening through Egyptian mediation, allowing the two sides to restore borders between Israel and Gaza, which has been under Israeli embargo for more than 15 years.
In the spring, 19 Israeli citizens were slain within Israel, the bulk of them were killed in Palestinian assaults. In addition, three Arab assailants were slain in Israel. As a result, Israeli authorities increased their activities in the occupied West Bank. Since late March, at over 50 Palestinians have been murdered in West Bank operations and incidents, including suspected armed individuals and civilians.
In Jerusalem, a bus carrying Jewish worshippers was shot at.
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