According to reports from local law enforcement, eight people were injured when a shooter opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem’s historic district.
The shooting happened on a Sunday as the bus was parked in a lot close to the Western Wall.
Both the pregnant mother and the man who was shot in the head and neck are in critical condition.
Israeli authorities have confirmed that they have sent investigators to the scene.
A bus stopped near King David’s Tomb and a parking lot next to the Western Wall were reportedly the targets, according to Israeli emergency services.
Local media said that the bus’s driver, Daniel Kanievsky, said the vehicle was completely packed when the shooting occurred.
“We’d just pushed someone in a wheelchair up the ramp when shots rang out. Screaming, everyone dropped to the floor. I wanted to get off the bus, but it couldn’t move with the ramp open “His words.
Local media said that worshippers were temporarily blocked from leaving the Western Wall enclosure, and social media videos showed heavily armed police on the site.
The woman was shot in the stomach while she was pregnant. Due to the urgency of the situation, she had to have a Caesarean section, and the baby is said to be in critical but stable condition.
According to the media, four of the victims were from the same New York family on a vacation in Israel.
According to reports, the shooter is a local Palestinian from East Jerusalem.
Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, chose to sit this one out.
Israeli troops killed three Palestinian militants and wounded scores after a battle that broke out during an arrest raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, only one day after the ceasefire ended the bloodiest round of Gaza warfare in more than a year.
According to reports from local law enforcement, eight people were injured when a shooter opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem’s historic district.
The shooting happened on a Sunday as the bus was parked in a lot close to the Western Wall.
Both the pregnant mother and the man who was shot in the head and neck are in critical condition.
Israeli authorities have confirmed that they have sent investigators to the scene.
A bus stopped near King David’s Tomb and a parking lot next to the Western Wall were reportedly the targets, according to Israeli emergency services.
Local media said that the bus’s driver, Daniel Kanievsky, said the vehicle was completely packed when the shooting occurred.
“We’d just pushed someone in a wheelchair up the ramp when shots rang out. Screaming, everyone dropped to the floor. I wanted to get off the bus, but it couldn’t move with the ramp open “His words.
Local media said that worshippers were temporarily blocked from leaving the Western Wall enclosure, and social media videos showed heavily armed police on the site.
The woman was shot in the stomach while she was pregnant. Due to the urgency of the situation, she had to have a Caesarean section, and the baby is said to be in critical but stable condition.
According to the media, four of the victims were from the same New York family on a vacation in Israel.
According to reports, the shooter is a local Palestinian from East Jerusalem.
Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, chose to sit this one out.
Israeli troops killed three Palestinian militants and wounded scores after a battle that broke out during an arrest raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, only one day after the ceasefire ended the bloodiest round of Gaza warfare in more than a year.