Five people killed in Jerusalem shooting; Israel threatens Gaza City with ‘powerful hurricane’ – Middle East crisis live | Gaza

Five people killed in Jerusalem shooting; Israel threatens Gaza City with ‘powerful hurricane’ – Middle East crisis live | Gaza


Five people killed in Jerusalem shooting attack, paramedics say

Paramedics said at least five people were killed in the shooting attack in Jerusalem, in an update of the death toll.

The Israeli emergency service said four people had died at the scene and one person died in hospital.

Nine people with gunshot wounds were taken to local hospitals to receive treatment along with three others injured by broken glass, the emergency service said.

Key events

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding an “assessment” with the heads of the “security establishment” after the deadly attack in Jerusalem this morning, according to the prime minister’s office.

Share

Updated at 

Five people killed in Jerusalem shooting attack, paramedics say

Paramedics said at least five people were killed in the shooting attack in Jerusalem, in an update of the death toll.

The Israeli emergency service said four people had died at the scene and one person died in hospital.

Nine people with gunshot wounds were taken to local hospitals to receive treatment along with three others injured by broken glass, the emergency service said.

Palestinian prisoners not being given adequate food, Israel’s supreme court says in rare ruling

Israel’s supreme court has ruled that the state is failing to provide adequate food to Palestinian prisoners, and ordered authorities to increase the amount and improve the quality of food served to deprived Palestinian inmates.

Sunday’s decision was a rare case in which the country’s highest court ruled against the government’s conduct during the nearly two-year war, which a number of leading rights organisations have classed as a genocide against the civilian population of Gaza.

The current war on Gaza began after about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage in the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel in October 2023.

Since then Israel has seized thousands of people in Gaza that it claims have links to Hamas. Thousands of people have also been released without charge, often after months of detention.

Rights groups have documented widespread abuse in prisons and detention facilities, including insufficient food and health care, as well as poor sanitary conditions and beatings.

The three-judge panel ruled unanimously that the Israeli government had a legal duty to provide Palestinian prisoners with three meals a day to ensure “a basic level of existence” and ordered authorities to fulfil that obligation.

Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to accept Gaza ceasefire deal

Donald Trump on Sunday issued what he called his “last warning” to Hamas, urging the Palestinian militant group to accept a deal to release hostages from Gaza.

“The Israelis have accepted my Terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will not be another one!”

Hamas said in a later statement that it received some ideas from the US side through mediators to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza.

The group said it was discussing with mediators ways to develop those ideas, without giving specifics.

US president Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Hamas also reiterated its readiness for negotiations to release all hostages in exchange for a “clear announcement of an end to the war” and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave.

On Saturday, Israel’s N12 News reported that Trump has put forth a new ceasefire proposal to Hamas.

Under the deal, Hamas would free all the remaining 48 hostages on the first day of the truce in exchange for thousands of Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel and negotiate an end to the war during a ceasefire in the enclave, according to N12.

An Israeli official said Israel was “seriously considering” Trump’s proposal but did not elaborate on its details.

Emma Graham-Harrison

Emma Graham-Harrison

Emma Graham-Harrison is the Guardian’s chief Middle East correspondent and has this summary of what we know so far about the Jerusalem shooting:

Four men have been killed by the two gunmen, who were killed by police, according to emergency services.

One of the victims was in his 50s and three others in their thirties. Five other people have been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.

The two attackers were shot dead by police at the scene.

Share

Updated at 

Four people killed in Jerusalem shooting, Israeli emergency service says

We have some more information on the Jerusalem shooting (see opening post).

Four people were killed in the shooting attack at the Ramot junction in Jerusalem, Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service has confirmed.

Israeli police officers work at the scene where a suspected shooting attack took place in Jerusalem. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Share

Updated at 

Israel’s defence minister says Gaza City will be hit by a ‘powerful hurricane’ later today

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has warned that a “powerful hurricane” will “strike the skies of Gaza City” later today as the military continues to expand its assault on the territory’s largest city.

“Today, a powerful hurricane will strike the skies of Gaza City, and the roofs of the terror towers will,” he wrote in a post on X.

“This is a final warning to the murderers and rapists of Hamas in Gaza and in luxury hotels abroad: Release the hostages and lay down your weapons- or Gaza will be destroyed, and you will be annihilated.”

Israeli airstrikes and demolitions have destroyed dozens of buildings in areas of Gaza City, with intense bombardments having reportedly levelled several neighbourhoods in recent weeks.

Palestinian people inspect the damage seen in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli airstrike on a tent in Gaza City. Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Israel has bombed Gaza City residential high-rises in recent days ahead of a long-threatened ground offensive.

Gaza City residents are being told to move to the southern part of the territory to areas that are under frequent Israeli bombardment and are already overcrowded.

As my colleague William Christou notes in this story, tens of thousands of people have already left the city as Israel has stepped up its bombardment, and the roads leading south have been packed with residents carrying their belongings in carts and trucks.

Gaza City is being gripped by famine caused by Israel’s restrictions on aid and the expanded assault will only deepen the widespread suffering of the civilian population there and could forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people, many of whom are ill or frail.

Share

Updated at 

At least 15 people injured in shooting in Jerusalem, Israel’s emergency service says

We are restarting our live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Israel’s ambulance service has received reports of at least 15 people who were injured in a shooting incident in Jerusalem.

Paramedics said six people are in serious condition. Police said two attackers were “neutralised” (killed) soon after the shooting began.

The shooting, which was called into the paramedics at 10.13am local time, took place at the Ramot junction on Yigal Yadin Street in Jerusalem, according to Israel’s emergency rescue service.

Israeli police officers and emergency personnel work at the scene where a suspected shooting attack took place on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Share

Updated at 



Source link