Updated: Israeli sources reported Thursday morning that two Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem opened fire at a bus stop of Israeli colonizers, killing three and wounding several others, before they were shot by Israeli police and paramilitary colonizers who were on the street at the time, killing both of the alleged assailants at the scene.
Two of the killed Israelis have not yet been identified, although Israeli sources report that one of the Israelis killed is a 24-year-old woman, and one a 70-year-old man, and at least 11 people have been injured in a shooting attack at a bus stop near the entrance to Jerusalem, Israeli Ynet News said.
Israeli Ynet news said Elimelech Vaserman, a judge in the Ashdod Rabbinical Court, was officially identified as one of those killed in the shooting attack near Jerusalem, Israeli officials confirmed Thursday.
The two slain Palestinians have been identified as Morad Nimir, 38, and Ibrahim Nimir, 30, from Sur Baher town, south of occupied Jerusalem.
After the incident, dozens of soldiers invaded the homes of the Palestinian siblings, ransacked the properties, and assaulted their families before abducting a family member.
It is worth mentioning that Morad is a former political prisoner who was held by Israel for ten years.
In addition, the Israeli army closed the Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem, and imposed severe restrictions on Jaba’ military roadblock, Hizma roadblock and Al-Ezariya roadblock, in addition to closing all roads leading to Sur Baher town.
Jack Lew, the US Ambassador to Israel, immediately condemned the attack, stating, “A despicable attack in Jerusalem this morning. We unequivocally condemn such brutal violence. My thoughts are with the victim’s family, and I send my condolences to all those affected”.
Lew has yet to condemn the 15,000, including 6,000 children confirmed killed by Israeli forces during and the more than 36000 injured Palestinians, mainly women and children, the 50-day-long bombardment of Gaza.
A security camera which captured the moment of the attack shows the two Palestinian men attempting to run away, with one shot by the door of a car that he is apparently trying to get into in order to escape. The second man is shot while on his knees with his hands up in what appears to be an attempt to surrender.
The deaths of the three Israelis and two Palestinians come in the sixth day of a truce in Gaza, during which hostage exchanges have been taking place each day between the Palestinians in Gaza, who were holding an estimated 240 Israelis captive, and over 5,000 Palestinians who are being held in Israeli detention facilities – many of them without charges or even lawyers for months and years.
In the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, Fadi Mu’ayyad Badran, 21, and injured four others in Betunia town west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.
On Wednesday, the army killed four Palestinians, including two children, after a prolonged military attack against the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp.
Beginning on October 7, 2023, Israel bombarded all areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, killing at least 15,000 Palestinians, including 6,150 children and 4,000 women, in addition to injuring at least 36,000 people. After ceasefire came into effects, corpses of hundreds of Palestinians were found in streets, under rubble of homes and buildings, in and around hospitals, and in various areas across the devastated Gaza Strip.
