Six killed in terror shooting at Jerusalem’s Ramot Junction

Authorities release names of six victims killed in the Ramot Junction terror attack; two remain in serious condition, four moderately injured, and 24 treated for shock in Jerusalem hospitals

Victims of a terrorist shooting in Jerusalem, September 8, 2025; top, from left: Levi Yitzhak Pash, Yisrael Matzner, 28; Rabbi Yosef David, 43; bottom, from left: Rabbi Mordechai Steintzeg, 79; Yaakov Pinto, 25; Sarah Mendelson, 60Courtesy

Six people were killed on Monday morning in a terror shooting at Ramot Junction in Jerusalem. 

The attack began around 10:15 a.m., when two gunmen arrived in a vehicle and opened fire at a crowded bus stop. 

Emergency services reported that, in addition to the fatalities, two people were seriously wounded, four were moderately injured, and more than two dozen others were treated for shock.

The assailants were identified as Mohammed Taha from the village of Qatanna and Moutana Omar from Qoubeiba, north of Mount Adar. They arrived at the scene in a Mercedes minibus before carrying out the attack. 

Israeli authorities identify the two Palestinian terrorists who carried out the deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem as Mutuanna Omar (20) from Al-Qubeiba and Mohammed Taha (21) from Katana. Both had no previous arrests. The two were eliminated at the scene of the attack. pic.twitter.com/eAhEAE956D

— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) September 8, 2025

Both were shot and killed at the scene after a combat soldier, assisted by civilians, returned fire. Police later confirmed that weapons, ammunition, and a knife were recovered from the attackers.

Authorities released the names of the six victims: Rabbi Levi Yitzhak Pash, who worked as a maintenance employee at the Kol Torah yeshiva; Rabbi Yosef David, 43, a resident of the Ramot neighborhood; Yaakov Pinto, 25, a newly married immigrant from Spain; Israel Metzner, a Jerusalem resident; Sarah Mendelsohn, 60, the only woman among the victims; and Rabbi Mordechai Steinzag, 79, the owner of the well-known Dr. Mark bakery in Beit Shemesh.

Funerals for the victims were scheduled to take place later in the day. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the scene of the attack alongside the Minister of National Security. 

He commended the Orthodox soldier from the “Hashmonaim” brigade who neutralized one of the terrorists and underscored that the struggle against terrorism is part of Israel’s ongoing national battle.