Two gunmen opened fire at a Jerusalem bus stop on Monday, killing five people and critically injuring seven others, emergency services said.

Police said the shooters, who had been “neutralized,” had attacked at a bus stop, while some Israeli media reported they also boarded a crowded bus and opened fire inside.

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Hamas hailed the attack, which happened at an important intersection at the northern entrance to Jerusalem on a road that leads to Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem, as "heroic" but did not claim responsibility.

One woman and four men were killed, a spokesperson for Magen David Adom, Israel 's emergency service, said in a statement. Seven were seriously wounded. Several others s

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