On Wednesday, two enormous explosions at two bus terminals in Jerusalem resulted in the death of a teenage kid and the injury of over a dozen Israeli residents. Police identified the explosions as a terrorist bombing attack.
The first explosion reportedly took place in Givat Shaul, close to Jerusalem’s main entrance, at approximately 7 am, right when commuter traffic was at its busiest. At the bus stop, the explosion hurt 18 people, two of whom were seriously and twice as badly. The victims were sent to two hospitals in Jerusalem. One of the victims was subsequently pronounced dead by the Shaare Zedek Medical Center medical staff. Aryeh Schupak, 16, has been identified as the victim.
Israeli doctors said that 12 persons were injured in the explosion, including the adolescent kid who eventually passed away at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
A second bomb occurred near Ramot Junction, another city entry, some 30 minutes later. Three persons suffered minor injuries as a result.
Debris covered the pavement where the initial explosion occurred. The area was cordoned off by masked Israeli security personnel, and bits of a severely broken bicycle were placed in forensics bags.
One resident of the adjacent Jewish ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood told the BBC that he was awakened by the shaking of his building. many people who are awaiting buses
The devices were built with “high grade” explosives, according to Deputy Commissioner Sigal Bar Zvi of the Israeli police’s operations branch, and they were planted under a bush and behind a wall near the bus stops.
Investigators believe an organised group was behind the strikes given their nature, she continued.
Security sources were reported by Israeli media as claiming that both bombs included nails and were probably set off remotely.
Kobi Shabtai, the police commissioner, had earlier said that the attacks were unprecedented in recent memory.
Officers were searching for additional bombs in “all potentially hazardous areas, whether at bus stations, buses, or crowded areas” and were “trying to get our hands on whoever carried out this terror attack.”
Statement on Jerusalem bombings by leaders
“This terror assault will not weaken us, will not make us doubt our conviction in our methods, or in our right to a peaceful and safe existence in Israel, particularly in our everlasting capital of Jerusalem,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog declared during a speech at a ceremony in Jerusalem.
As discussions to build a new coalition government with allied far-right and religious groups continue, assaults are taking place, according to Benjamin Netanyahu, the newly elected prime minister.
In the general election this month, they gained a majority in the legislature.
In a tweet, Mr. Netanyahu stated that he was “pray[ing] for the] well-being of those injured in this morning’s coordinated terror assault in Jerusalem and sending my solidarity to the security forces on the ground.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the chairman of the ultra-nationalist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, who would command the police force as Mr. Netanyahu’s interior minister, visited the scene of the first explosion and said that Israel needed to take measures to prevent Palestinian assaults.
He said, “Lay siege to them, even if it’s on the West Bank, and go from house to home looking for guns and reestablish our deterrent power.”
The death of one of its residents was not immediately confirmed by Canada, but the country’s embassy expressed its strong condemnation of the “abhorrent terror assaults”.
We extend our sympathies to the victim’s family and hope those injured in the blasts a quick recovery, it continued.
The bombs were also denounced by the US embassy and they warned: “Terrorism is a dead-end that accomplishes absolutely nothing.”
In recent months there have been several stabbing and attempted stabbing attacks in Jerusalem, mostly in the Old City. Last month, a Palestinian gunman killed an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint near Jerusalem.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has already claimed the lives of more than 130 Palestinians and 29 Israelis in fighting in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the beginning of 2022. The explosions on Wednesday are a step up from this deadly year. In a three-day Israeli aerial onslaught on the Gaza Strip in August, another 49 Palestinians were murdered, including 17 children.
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