Israel News for 9-8-2025
News Update
Two terrorists opened fire on bus passengers at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem this morning, killing at least 6 people and wounding at least 20. The terrorists were neutralized by a soldier and an armed civilian. The victims were: Levi Yitzhak Pash, a maintenance worker at the Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem and resident of Tel Tzion; Yisrael Metzner, 28, from Jerusalem; Yosef David, 43, from Jerusalem, who was on his way to study at a kollel; and Yaakov Pinto, 25, from Jerusalem, a recent immigrant from Spain who was recently married; Sarah (Sarita) Mendelson, 60, a resident of Jerusalem’s Ramat Shlomo neighborhood; Rabbi Mordechai Steinzag, 57, who immigrated to Israel from Pennsylvania in 1993, was the owner of the famous Beit Shemesh bakery Dr. Mark. According to a Channel 12 report, the Shin Bet has arrested an East Jerusalem resident suspected of helping in this morning’s deadly attack at Ramot Junction.
A drone fired from Yemen was intercepted over Dimona today. The drone was apparently targeting the nuclear research center there. Yesterday, a Houthi drone hit Ramon International Airport outside of Eilat. Two people were lightly injured by shrapnel. The IDF intercepted 3 other drones in the same area yesterday, and it’s unclear how the one got through to the airport.
Police detective First Sergeant Niv Peretz, 29, from Afula, was killed in a shootout with illegal arms dealers in northern Israel yesterday.
President Trump said yesterday that Israel had already accepted his new proposal, which would release all 48 hostages on day 1 in exchange for his personal assurance that hostilities will not resume until negotiations between Israel and Hamas yield a resolution. The proposal also calls for the release of between 2,000 and 3,000 Palestinian security prisoners, including those convicted of murder. While Israel would cancel the planned operation to take Gaza City, IDF troops would remain in designated areas in the Strip. Hamas did not reject the proposal, but Israel believes that it will not accept it because it would give up all of its leverage on day 1.
