Security measures have been ramped up in Jerusalem after the shooting earlier which killed three people and injured 16 others, Israeli police have said. Of those injured, three are in serious condition and the rest suffered "various degrees of injuries (including victims of shock)", a police spokesperson said. Police say the attack was carried out by "two armed terrorists, brothers in their 30s from the Zur Baher neighborhood in East Jerusalem" at around 07:40 local time. The attackers "shot at civilians at bus and shuttle stations, using an M-16 rifle and a handgun". The "immediate response" of two off-duty Israeli soldiers and a civilian near the scene of the attack led to the "neutralization and elimination of the two terrorists" before police arrived, a spokesperson said. The police say they have further reinforced "current security measures in the city, including adding patrols, improvised roadblocks, and checking suspects" after the attack. Officials are launching an investigation into the attack, the spokesperson added. The incident possibly demonstrates how the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is leading to increased tensions in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The two attackers were brothers known to the Israeli security services as Hamas supporters from (Palestinian) East Jerusalem and had both served prison sentences for what Israeli sources described as “terrorist activity”. Shortly after the incident, Israeli police released pictures showing a large amount of bullets and automatic rifle magazines in the assailants’ car, suggesting they had perhaps planned to go on a wider rampage elsewhere in the city. It follows a similar incident two weeks ago when five Israelis were wounded and one member of the security services was killed in a shooting attack at a checkpoint between the Palestinian city of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. This latest attack also comes a day after two Palestinian boys, aged eight and 14 were shot and killed during an Israeli army incursion into the city of Jenin, in the Occupied West Bank, where several Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces since 7 October. — BBC