How Much More Blood? Massacre in Jerusalem
Six murdered, fifteen wounded at Ramot Junction. The deadliest attack in Jerusalem in a year
Jerusalem, 8 September 2025 – Ramot Junction
This morning, at approximately 10:13 AM, two Palestinians from villages near Ramallah attacked civilians at the Ramot Junction, opening fire with a homemade “Carlo” submachine gun at a crowded bus stop and inside Bus No. 62. They murdered six people, including three men in their 30s and a man and woman in their 50s, and wounded fifteen others, six of whom are in critical condition. A soldier and an armed civilian quickly neutralised the gunmen. This is the deadliest attack in Jerusalem in nearly a year.
Israeli forces have locked down access routes and launched security searches around Ramot and the area where the terrorists came from. Hamas praised the attack as a “heroic operation”. Prime Minister Netanyahu postponed his courtroom appearance to oversee emergency security measures.
In one video, a taxi driver can be seen stepping out of his car under heavy gunfire, taking the hand of an elderly woman, and escorting her to safety, while bullets strike the bus just metres away.
Such is the reality we face in Israel.
This attack also raises urgent questions about Israel’s security policy. Ramot Junction lies beyond the northern checkpoint of Jerusalem. Supposedly, anyone entering from the Ramallah area must pass through Israeli border security. How then did two armed terrorists manage to infiltrate the city, carrying homemade submachine guns, and reach a crowded bus station in broad daylight? The answer is not yet clear, but it will demand a serious investigation.
At its root, this failure reflects the danger of outsourcing Israel’s security to hostile forces. The Palestinian Authority, headquartered in Ramallah, the very city these killers came from, was established on the promise of combating terrorism. In reality, it has become an incubator for it.
The consequences should be decisive. The villages that breed such murderers must be dismantled and integrated fully into Israel’s sovereign territory. More broadly, this massacre is a reminder of the urgency of accelerating the annexation of Judea and Samaria. The government has already announced its intention to move forward; this moment of truth demands that words become action.
And the timing could not be clearer. In just weeks, the United Nations plans to stage the grotesque theatre of recognising a so-called Palestinian state. Israel’s answer should not be hesitation, but strength and clarity: to declare, on the ground, that Judea and Samaria are not terror fiefdoms but integral parts of the Jewish state.
That will be the only proper way to honour the memory of the murdered.
How much more blood must be spilled before Israel understands this? Was October 7th not enough?
Let it end, and let it end now.
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