Two Hamas members kill three in morning rush hour attack
Attackers were brothers, shot dead at the scene
Attack comes on seventh day of Gaza truce

JERUSALEM, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Two Hamas gunmen killed three people at a Jerusalem bus stop during morning rush hour on Thursday, and Israel reiterated its commitment to wiping out the Palestinian Islamist faction, whose Oct. 7 killing spree triggered the Gaza war.

The attackers, Palestinians from East Jerusalem, were shot dead by off-duty soldiers and an armed civilian, police said. At least eight people were also wounded in the shooting.

“The terrorists arrived at the scene by car in the morning, armed with an M-16 rifle and a handgun,” police said. “The terrorists began shooting at civilians before subsequently being killed at the scene.”

Hamas, which is sworn to Israel’s destruction, claimed responsibility for the Jerusalem attack, deeming it “heroic”.

  • @GeneralVincent@lemmy.world
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    91 year ago

    Yeah Israeli leaders are planning and praising the explicit targeted murder of citizens. Netanyahu has supported Hamas for years because it delegitimizes the Palestinian state (and that source is The Times of Israel in case anyone thinks I’m being biased)

    It boggles my mind that so many people don’t see the far right Israeli government (that is so closely allied with America) is copying the George Bush War on Terror playbook.

    I absolutely agree Hamas is a terrorist organization, but what the Israeli government is doing is far more sinister and evil. They’re just playing the long game and hiding behind “collateral damage” so they can further their apartheid.

    • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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      61 year ago

      I mean can we mention that the Israeli military literally absorbed multiple terrorist organizations into itself with ribbons patches and metals for… Killing mostly civilians in the name of Israel.