Shooting in occupied East Jerusalem kills four, Israeli authorities say

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Five people evacuated in a ‘serious condition’ after shooting at Ramot Junction, paramedic service says.

Five people have been killed in a shooting in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities have said.

Another five people were also evacuated in a “serious condition” with gunshot wounds following the shooting at Ramot Junction, Israel’s paramedic service, Magen David Adom, said on Monday.

Several others were “lightly injured by glass” and treated at the scene, Magen David Adom said.

Israeli police described the shooting as a suspected “terror attack”.

Police said two attackers were “neutralized” soon after the shooting began, but did not immediately respond to a request from the Associated Press news agency for comment on the status of the attackers.

“According to medical sources, several people have been injured, and the terrorists have been neutralised,” police said.

“Police have closed access routes, and large forces are en route to the scene.”

Israeli security forces gather by a body next to a bus at the Ramot road junction in occupied East Jerusalem on September 8, 2025. [AFP]

Israeli Army Radio has said that they are trying to assess exactly what happened. The initial report from Shin Set, the internal Israeli security agency, said that the two perpetrators were from occupied East Jerusalem and that they boarded a bus and then opened fire.

They say they are now doing a joint assessment with the military and the police to try to get a little bit more information on what has happened.

Israel’s far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has arrived at the scene.

Doubts attack ordered by Hamas

The shooting attack was most likely to have originated from the occupied West Bank, rather than from Hamas in Gaza, Israeli political analyst Ori Goldberg says.

Speaking from Tel Aviv, Goldberg told Al Jazeera he “seriously” doubted it had been ordered by Hamas.

If Hamas had carried out the attack, then it would mean Hamas was “trying to step up its resistance to what is beginning to look like a superimposed attempt to end the war,” he said, referring to comments from the United States Donald Trump administration that it is working on a solution to the war in Gaza.

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Al Jazeera and news agencies