A Palestinian man was martyred on Monday after ramming his car into Israeli settlers at a crowded bus stop at the western entrance to Al-Quds (Jerusalem), wounding nine in a new heroic attack against Zionists

A Palestinian man was martyred on Monday after ramming his car into Israeli settlers at a crowded bus stop at the western entrance to Al-Quds (Jerusalem), wounding nine in a new heroic attack against Zionists, according to Israeli police.

Occupation police spokeswoman Luba Samri said bystanders shot Abed Almohsin Hassoneh, 21, from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. She said police found an axe in Hassoneh's vehicle, suggesting he intended to attack Israelis.

Israeli Channel 2 TV News showed a white Mazda that had barreled into a bus station Monday under the city's iconic Calatrava bridge.

Occupied Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat arrived at the site minutes after the attack, which occurred near his home in west Al-Quds.

Barkat praised the "immediate alertness" of bystanders who averted "a grave tragedy."

Infuriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, "We are facing a new kind of terrorism, a terrorism of individuals that affects not only us but other states in the world as well."