by Tzvi Joffre
The suspected terrorist managed to escape the scene and police are currently conducting searches in the area.
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Hatzalah workers at the scene of a shooting in Jerusalem, August 14, 2022.
(photo credit: UNITED HATZALAH)
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At least seven people were injured, two severely, in a shooting attack targeting a bus near King David's Tomb and a parking lot in the area, located near the Western Wall on Saturday night, according to emergency services.
The suspected terrorist managed to escape the scene and police are currently conducting searches in the area.
At least five other people were moderately and lightly injured in the attack.
One of the victims is a pregnant woman in her 30s who was shot in the stomach and is currently undergoing surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Ynet reported.
According to the report, four of the injured are Satmar hasidim from the United States.
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Hatzalah workers at the scene of a shooting in Jerusalem, August 14, 2022. (credit: UNITED HATZALAH)Police closed off the Old City, blocking both entry and exit into the area and to the Western Wall plaza. Police helicopters were also operating in the area to aid the search for the suspected terrorist.
Police forces entered the neighborhood of Silwan, located south of the Temple Mount, in search of the shooter.
*MDA Spokesperson, Zaki Heller:*
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) August 13, 2022
At 01.24 a report of a shooting was received in MDA's 101 Jerusalem Region emergency dispatch center of a shooting towards a bus. *Initial reports only!!!*
MDA EMTs and Paramedics are treating 2 patients in serious condition. Updates to follow pic.twitter.com/EIsjWsXL7Z
“I parked the car near the house and heard gunshots and screams.”
Yosef Chaim HaCohen, United Hatzalah paramedic
Yosef Chaim HaCohen, a paramedic with United Hatzalah who lives near the scene, stated, “I parked the car near the house and heard gunshots and screams. The neighbors ran to me and shouted 'terror attack.’”
MDA paramedic Shimi Grossman said: “This was a bus that left the Western Wall with worshipers heading toward the city. According to a passerby, a terrorist began to shoot indiscriminately toward the bus. When I arrived there was a great commotion, people ran in panic, MDA teams treated and evacuated a 30-year-old man and a 45-year-old man in serious condition, a 30-year-old woman in serious condition, a young man about 20 years old in moderate condition and 4 injured in light condition.”
Background
The attack comes about a week after the launch of Operation Breaking Dawn and amid threats by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist movement to attack Israel if hunger-striking prisoner Khalil Awawdeh is not released.
The last terrorist attack reported in Jerusalem took place in mid-July when a Palestinian stabbed a man in his 40s on a bus near Ramot junction.
This is a developing situation.
Tzvi Joffre
Source: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-714649
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