At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured after attackers opened fire on a bus in northern Jerusalem on Monday morning, emergency services and police said.
Israeli police said two assailants boarded the bus and began shooting; both were later "neutralized," authorities said, but officials had not released the attackers' identities. Paramedics said 15 people were wounded in the attack and that six were in serious condition. The shooting occurred at a busy intersection on a road that leads to Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem.
Paramedics who responded described chaotic scenes with broken glass and wounded people lying on the road and sidewalks near the bus stop. Israeli police and rescue teams cordoned off the area as investigators and forensic units worked at the scene.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was holding a security assessment with the heads of the country's security establishment following the attack, according to a post on his official social media account. Authorities did not immediately give further details about the motive or affiliation of the attackers.
The bus shooting comes as the war in Gaza approaches its two-year mark since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that precipitated the current conflict. The ongoing war has coincided with a surge of violence in both Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, marked by attacks by Palestinian militants inside Israel and the West Bank and by increasing incidents of settler violence against Palestinians.
In a separate incident, Israeli military sources reported that five soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in a roadside bombing in Gaza, underscoring the wider intensity of the conflict and violence across multiple fronts.
Israeli police said the investigation into the bus attack was continuing and urged the public to avoid the area while security operations were ongoing. Hospitals in Jerusalem mobilized to treat the wounded, and officials were expected to release additional information as inquiries proceed.
This is a developing story; authorities and emergency services continued to provide updates.