Jerusalem Shooting: Man Critically Wounded During Apparent Robbery Attempt

A 30-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood on Thursday evening, September 6, 2026. He was transported in critical condition to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Preliminary reports indicate the shooting occurred during an attempted robbery on Kanfei Nesharim Street. Large police forces responded to the scene.

Investigators from the Moriah police station are treating the incident as criminal, suggesting that one of the assailants fired at the victim during the robbery attempt. The incident transformed a busy evening in the neighborhood into a scene of armed violence.

Authorities are working to determine if the robbery was the sole motive for the shooting and how many individuals were involved in the attack. Police are also trying to identify the perpetrators and clarify the exact events that transpired. No arrests have been reported yet, and it is unclear if the victim was the intended target of the robbery or if he was a bystander. According to Ynet, the shooter may have been a civilian, possibly a witness to an attempted theft of money.