A mother. A newlywed. Four rabbis. These are the 6 victims of a fatal terror attack in Jerusalem
Six people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a fatal terror attack in Jerusalem.
The attack occurred while people were waiting at a bus stop in the Ramot area Monday morning, according to Israeli police , when two terrorists opened fire. A soldier and several civilians who were there shot back at the terrorists.
מרכין ראש וכואב יחד עם כל עם ישראל על הירצחם של ששת הקדושים הי״ד בפיגוע הדמים המזעזע הבוקר בצומת רמות בירושלים.
— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) September 8, 2025
הרב לוי יצחק פש הי״ד
יעקב פינטו הי״ד
ישראל מצנר הי״ד
יוסף דוד הי״ד
מרדכי (ד״ר מרק) שטיינצג הי״ד
הגב׳ שרה (שריתה) מנדלסון הי״ד
אני שולח תנחומים מעומק הלב למשפחות… pic.twitter.com/Ru26hhUh7R
Police confirmed the terrorists were shot dead at the scene. At least 21 others were injured, the Jerusalem Post reported . One of the people injured included a pregnant woman, per the Israeli Foreign Ministry .
The six victims have since been identified. Here’s what to know about the five men and one woman murdered.
Yaakov Pinto, 25
Pinto had recently immigrated to Israel from Spain. The 25-year-old got married three months ago, Yeshiva News World reported . Community members from Ramot said Pinto’s “future was cruelly cut short. Our hearts are with his young wife, his family and his community in these difficult moments,” according to YNet News .
Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s minister of foreign affairs, posted on X about Pinto.
He called out Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for standing with Hamas and against Israel. While Sanchez was “attacking” Israel (verbally), “Palestinian terrorists attacked and murdered six Israelis, among them Yaakov Pinto, a new immigrant from Spain.”
At the very same time that Spanish Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon attacked Israel - Palestinian terrorists attacked and murdered six Israelis, among them Yaakov Pinto, a new immigrant from Spain.
— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) September 8, 2025
Sánchez and his twisted ministers who justified the October 7 massacre,
has long… pic.twitter.com/GDixio65Zd
Rabbi Yisrael Metzner, 28
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— Jewish News Syndicate (@JNS_org) September 8, 2025
The sixth victim of thos morning's murderous attack named as Rabbi Yisrael Metzner (28) pic.twitter.com/nA1ndy1tOw
Metzner was a resident of Ramot Bet in Jerusalem, per Israel Hayom .
Rabbi Yosef David, 43
David was a Jerusalem resident. According to Israel Hayom, he was holding religious books at the bus stop before he was killed. He was en route to his Torah studies.
Rabbi Yosef David, 43, from Jerusalem, was among those murdered in this morning’s terror attack at the entrance to the city. He was one of six Israelis killed when armed terrorists opened fire on civilians.
— ILTV Israel News (@ILTVNews) September 8, 2025
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Sarah Mendelson, 60
Mendelsohn was a 60-year-old mother of four, and grandmother, who lived in the Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood, YNet News reported . Her nickname was “Sarita.”
She “was very active in the Bnei Akiva movement,” according to former Knesset member Dov Lipman, who posted about the victims of the attack on X. Bnei Akiva is described as “a Jewish religious Zionist youth movement,” on its website.
Mendelsohn was a director of municipal relations in the movement’s finance department, per YNet. She was on her way to work when she was murdered, YNet and The Jerusalem Post reported .
This is the evil Israel faces.
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) September 8, 2025
Two terrorists opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem — targeting passengers, bystanders, anyone in reach.
5 murdered. Over a dozen wounded.
The war Israel fights is for all who stand against terror. pic.twitter.com/7pvk4AxGVl
“Sarita was like the mother of Bnei Akiva. She sat in the director-general’s office, always welcoming everyone with a smile. Over the years, dozens of employees came through, and she always helped and supported them, even in stressful times,” deputy secretary-general of Bnei Akiva Netanel Elk said, YNet reported.
“She always thought about how the money could go to programs for children and those in need.”
Rabbi Mordechai Steintzag, 79
Steintzag was a resident of Ramot Bet, per Israel Hayom.
He was known as “Dr. Mark” and started an eponymous bakery in Beit Shemesh, according to a post on X by Lipman.
Steintzag, who was a certified cardiologist, immigrated to Israel from New York “several decades ago,” Israel National News reported . He started his bakery, which later became a chain, to provide healthier options to residents. He was described as “charitable” and “kind.” He donated a Torah scroll to the local synagogue and was actively involved in the community.
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Pash
Pash, who was a maintenance worker at the Kol Torah yeshiva, was described as a “devoted employee” and a “man of great kindness,” according to a notice posted by the yeshiva, Israel Hayom reported.
He gave his own money “generously,” the notice said, and was a “constant Torah scholar.”
On Monday evening Israeli time, early afternoon EST, his funeral was underway.