Six dead, including a Spaniard, in a shooting in Jerusalem

BarcelonaAt least six people were killed in a shooting in Jerusalem on Monday, including the two attackers, according to Israeli police. Among the victims was a young Spanish national, Yaakov Pinto, 25, from Melilla who lived in Israel, according to sources at the consulate and the victim's relatives who confirmed to Efe. The Israeli ambulance service reported a total of eleven injured in the incident, the details of which are currently unknown. Israeli police have described the attackers as "terrorists."

According to the Israeli newspaper HaaretzThe attackers were two men living in the West Bank who reportedly opened fire on a bus stop and a bus. Both shooters were shot dead by a civilian and a security force officer. Four of the victims died at the scene, while a woman in her 50s died shortly after arriving at the hospital, and a sixth victim was also pronounced dead at the hospital.

"Following the shooting at the Ramot Junction, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers have been dispatched to the area and are searching for suspects in cooperation with the Israeli police," the military said in a statement Monday. "Ramallah to thwart terrorism and strengthen the defense effort," it added. However, by late morning the situation appeared to be under control at the scene of the shooting in Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu traveled to the scene of the attack and stated that Israeli forces were preparing raids in the attackers' hometowns. Later, the Israeli army announced that it had ordered a "total closure" of the town from which the two attackers came.

Furthermore, Netanyahu harshly criticized the decision by the country's Supreme Court, which requires him to provide basic living conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. "We will not make it easy for our enemies," Netanyahu responded, calling on the country's highest court to "do the same" because "it is part of the war."

Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for violence: "Arm yourselves," he asked them. In a post on X in which he appears alongside Netanyahu and the scene of the attack, Ben Gvir praised the "act of heroism" of the three ultra-Orthodox men who shot the gunman to stop the attack. "It was an act of heroism by a soldier from the ultra-Orthodox Hashmonaim Brigade and two ultra-Orthodox men who received weapons as part of the weapons reform," he said, referring to its policy that has relaxed gun laws. Hamas, for its part, praised the attackers, according to Reuters.

Hours later, Israeli authorities reported that they had arrested a new "suspected man" in the attack. While they did not provide further details, the statement said that his role in the attacks "is being investigated." According to Israeli public broadcaster Kan, the detainee has a history of trying to smuggle Palestinian workers from the West Bank into Israel without a permit, and authorities suspect he helped the two attackers enter Jerusalem.

The tragic incident coincides with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez's announcement of a series of nine measures against Israel and the "genocide" in Gaza.. The approval of a decree law allowing an arms embargo on Israel and a ban on individuals who "participate in genocide" stands out.

Netanyahu threatens Gaza City residents.

Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza since early Monday has reached 52. One of the victims is journalist Osama Balousha, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera. The Israeli army continues to advance into Gaza City, destroying everything in its path. This morning, Israeli troops demolished a skyscraper in the Strip's capital that, according to a statement, was used by Hamas operatives. According to journalists from the Qatari network, who were present on the ground, the building in question housed clinics, study centers, beauty salons, cafes, restaurants, and an office space.

Footage has also been seen of an Israeli drone dropping explosives on a minaret of a mosque in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza.

On Monday afternoon, Netanyahu claimed that troops were preparing for a ground "maneuver" in Gaza City and threatened the capital's residents: "Listen carefully, you have been warned: Go now!"

US Ceasefire Proposal

However, the diplomatic path remains at a standstill. After rejecting the latest ceasefire proposal presented by negotiators from Egypt and Qatar—which had been accepted by Hamas—the Netanyahu's government has assured this Monday that it accepts The latest proposal from the Donald Trump administration. It was announced by Foreign Minister Gideon Saar at a press conference in Budapest, where he visited his Hungarian counterpart. On Sunday night, Trump himself stated that an agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza is "imminent" and called on Hamas to accept his proposal and return all the hostages they still hold in the Strip "and surrender."

The US proposal for Gaza proposes that Hamas return the 48 hostages, both alive and dead, remaining in the Strip on the first day of the ceasefire, at which point negotiations would begin to end the war. This is hardly acceptable for Hamas, which has less negotiating power and has long said it intends to hold at least some hostages until the negotiations are completed.

With the stated aim of pressuring Hamas to accept the agreement, this Monday morning (before the attack on Jerusalem), Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also warned that he is prepared to launch "a "hurricane of attacks" on Gaza to force Hamas to accept the ceasefire proposal"A powerful hurricane will hit the sky of Gaza City today, and the roofs of the terror towers will shake," Katz wrote in X. "This is a final warning to the Hamas murderers and rapists in Gaza and in luxury hotels abroad: Free the hostages and lay down your weapons, and Gaza.