A video circulating on social media from Monday's deadly terror shooting in Jerusalem shows the heroics of a taxi driver caught in the scene of the attack.
In the footage, taken from a vehicle's dashboard camera, the driver can be seen rushing from his seat to the passenger seat, which was occupied by an elderly woman he had driven in the city.
Bullets fired by terrorists and security forces at the scene can be heard whistling over the driver and the woman as he was attempting to escort her away to safety.
Two terrorists shoot at Israelis in Jerusalem bus
The two terrorists responsible for the Monday Jerusalem attack, which killed six and wounded over 21, attempted to board the Line 62 bus. However, the bus driver, who identified the two as suspicious, refused to let them board, eyewitnesses said.
The attackers then opened fire on the passengers. An armed soldier on the bus managed to kill one of them during the shooting.
The soldier was a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) member of the Hashmonaim Battalion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the media at the scene of the attack.
The moments of the terrorists’ killing were later captured on video. In the footage, a man in a white shirt is seen charging toward the bus as bystanders flee in panic from the sound of gunfire.
The passerby, who happened to be at the scene by chance, ran toward the bus, confronted one of the terrorists, struggled with him for several minutes, and ultimately managed to neutralize him, preventing further casualties.
Attackers believed to come from Palestinian village in West Bank
Police confirmed that both terrorists were killed and said that access roads to the area were closed as security forces continued to operate at the scene. The attackers are believed to have been residents of the village of Katana in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of the West Bank, near Abu Ghosh.
Tova Gittel Bat Miriam Shoshana, a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, was among the wounded in Monday’s deadly shooting attack at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem, which left six people dead and over 21 others injured.
The attack began at around 10:00 a.m., with the first report of gunfire coming from Yigal Yadin Street. According to eyewitnesses, the two terrorists attempted to board bus line 62, but the driver, who identified them as suspicious, refused to let them on.