Hamas Claims Responsibility for Shooting at Jerusalem Bus Stop, 3 Dead

AP Photo/Adel Hana

This morning Hamas and Israel announced the truce was being extended for another day, clearly in hopes that more hostages would be released. But it seems some Hamas members didn’t get the message. This morning, two heavily armed men got out of their car at a Jerusalem bus stop and started shooting at the civilians who were standing there.

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At least three people were killed and seven wounded after a shooting in Jerusalem Thursday, according to local authorities.

“The terrorists are from east Jerusalem. They were armed with M-16 rifle and a pistol. They arrived with a car and opened fire at civilians,” police chief Doron Turgeman said Thursday…

In a separate update, the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit said the attackers opened fire toward civilians at the bus station at approximately 7:40 a.m. local time on Thursday.

Hamas was quick to claim credit for the killings so there’s no doubt who is responsible.

Hamas said the attackers behind a Jerusalem bus stop shooting that killed three people on Thursday were members of its military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades…

Hamas celebrated the attack, and said it was “a direct response to the unprecedented crimes committed by the occupying forces, including brutal massacres in the Gaza Strip, the killing of children in Jenin, and widespread violations against Palestinian prisoners. Moreover, the continued violations in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the prevention of worshippers’ access to it,” Hamas added.

Hamas warned Israel of attacks in “every city, village, street and alley.”

As for the terrorists, they were identified as brothers in their 30s. Both were long time members of Hamas.

The terrorists were named as brothers Murad Nemer, 38, and Ibrahim Nemer, 30, residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher. According to the Shin Bet security agency, the pair were Hamas members and previously jailed for terror activity.

Murad was jailed between 2010 and 2020 for planning terror attacks under directions of terror elements in the Gaza Strip and Ibrahim was jailed in 2014 for undisclosed terror activity, the agency said.

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Here’s video of the attack:

The victims included an elderly rabbi, a woman in her 60s and a 24-year-old woman who was pregnant with her first child.

That wasn’t even the only attack by Hamas today.

Separately on Thursday, two reservist soldiers were lightly hurt in a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Troops at the scene shot the suspected assailant.

Thursday’s attacks came as a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip was holding for the sixth day.

A few weeks ago as the American left began demanding a ceasefire, several people asked what should happen if a ceasefire was declared and Hamas violated it. It’s a pretty simple question but I never saw the ceasefire crowd offer an answer, probably because they knew it was inevitable.

There’s no doubt Hamas aimed this bus stop attack at civilians and they did it on a day when a truce had been extended. They not only claimed credit for the attack, they celebrated the shooters’ actions and vowed more attacks. So it seems Hamas has decided they’ve had enough of the truce and aren’t interested in a longer term ceasefire. They want to get back to killing Israelis in “every city, village, street and alley.” They are literally celebrating the murder of a pregnant woman at a bus stop. What kind of peace is possible with Hamas?

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Will the leftist ceasefire crowd learn anything from this? Will it finally get through to them that Hamas has no interest in peace with Israel? My guess is it will not. The far left will keep chanting for a ceasefire and ignore the fact that Hamas couldn’t even maintain a truce for a full week.

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