(JNS) Six people were murdered and a dozen more were wounded in a terrorist shooting in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot on Monday morning.
The Magen David Adom emergency medical response group identified five of the slain victims as a man and a woman in their 50s and three other men in their 30s.
At the same time, MDA medics transferred seven seriously wounded people with gunshot wounds to hospitals in Jerusalem, it said. Two others were moderately injured, and three sustained light wounds.
Two terrorists were killed at the scene by an Israel Defense Forces soldier and an armed civilian.
Jerusalem: Four Fatalities Confirmed in Ramot Junction Attack
UNITED HATZALAH SPOKESPERSON—JERUSALEM DISTRICT: From the scene at the entrance to the Ramot neighborhood, United Hatzalah President and Founder Eli Beer reports on the terror attack that occurred near his residence.… pic.twitter.com/58oq2APjs7
— United Hatzalah (@UnitedHatzalah) September 8, 2025
Nadav Taib, a paramedic with Magen David Adom, said in a statement shared by the organization he “arrived at the location with large forces immediately after receiving the report of people wounded by gunfire.
“We saw people lying on the road, unconscious, on the side of the road and the sidewalk near a bus stop. There was widespread destruction at the scene, shattered glass on the ground and commotion,” he stated.
Magen David Adom “provided medical treatment to the wounded and continues to treat and evacuate them to hospitals,” the paramedic said.
Israel Police spokesman Aryeh Doron told local media that the incident was still ongoing some 30 minutes after the initial report. Security forces were said to be investigating a suspicious object at the scene, per Ynet.
The news outlet reported that the IDF ordered the closure of security checkpoints between Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria pending a situational assessment at its Central Command headquarters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also convened a situational assessment with the heads of the defense establishment, his office said.
According to Channel 12 News, Israel’s security agencies believe that the terrorists arrived by car from a village in the Ramallah area of Samaria. They reportedly used locally produced “Carlo” submachine weapons.
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) thwarted over a thousand major Palestinian terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria in 2024, according to the agency’s annual report published in late December.
The majority of the 1,040 foiled terror attacks involved firearms (689) and explosive devices (326), with the others being stabbings, car-rammings, suicide bombings and abductions, the agency said.
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