According to emergency services, a young woman was killed and eight other people were injured in a shooting attack at the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday morning.
According to Magen David Adom, a 24-year-old woman was killed, five others were seriously injured, another was in moderate condition and two others were in minor condition.
According to police, two terrorists arrived at the Givat Shaul intersection near the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday morning and began shooting at civilians at a nearby bus stop before being shot dead by security forces and a civilian who was at the scene.
Police quickly cordoned off the scene of the attack and launched search operations to ensure there were no further attacks.
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Video from the scene showed people running while gunshots could be heard in the background. Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, November 30, 2023. (Source: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Highway 1 from the Motsa junction toward Jerusalem was closed to traffic after the attack and police diverted traffic onto Highway 16. Advertisement
The attack comes a year after the bombing at the same bus stop
Last November, two Israelis, Tadasa Tashume Ben Ma’ada and Arye Shechopek, were killed in a bomb attack carried out at a nearby bus stop and a bus stop near the Ramot neighborhood.
This is a developing story.