Footage from the terror attack scene
Two people were murdered on Friday and four others were moderately to severely injured in a terror shooting attack on a bus station at the Masmiya junction near Gedera. A civilian who was at the scene neutralized the terrorist. Magen David Adom paramedics evacuated the casualties to Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot and Assuta Hospital in Ashdod. Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir are present at the scene.
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Magen David Adom teams evacuated to hospitals a 20-year-old in critical condition but he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries. Magen David Adom also evacuated a 20-year-old, a 16-year-old boy, a 65-year-old man in serious condition, and a 65-year-old woman in moderate condition. Large police forces arrived in the area and conducted searches in the area due to the possibility that the terrorist, who arrived by car at the scene, received assistance from accomplices.
Shuli, a witness working at a nearby restaurant, recounted: "People shouted 'there's an attack.' Chaos ensued, people rushed into the restaurant confused, and then a police officer came in and asked if we had seen a suspect with a white cap. People were really stressed, calling their families. They saw people falling and being dragged."
A preliminary investigation revealed that the terrorist arrived at the scene of the attack from the east with an ISIS-style beard and a large white taqiyah on his head. He made a U-turn at the intersection after noticing the number of people staying at the bus stop, then got out of his Mazda vehicle and opened fire at the people.
Police Spokesman Eli Levy updated: "We raised a police helicopter into the air above the Masmiya junction and the surrounding area. We did not rule out the possibility that there is more than one terrorist." Kiryat Malachi Municipality stated following the attack that occurred nearby that the alertness class was deployed to spread out at all the eastern entrances of the city. The municipality emphasized: "It should be clarified that contrary to rumors, there is no suspicion of another terrorist in the area."