in and around jerusalem. oren leeb ber men oren line bermann is here with the latest. reporter: police say the suspect, the driver is a palestinian man in his 20s from easter jerusalem. it was 10:00 in the morning. it happened a few miles north of the old city. at 10:00 this driver was heading north on road number 1 when police say he drove off the road into what would be a bike lane or a walking lane and hit five female i m sorry, four female israeli soldiers and a cyclist who was there. he turned back onto the road drove for another quarter of a mile. at that time a security guard for the light rail opened fire and stopped the car. the driver hopped out of the car wielding a knife. that s when the security guard and another officer opened fire hitting that suspect twice. police say this is a terrorist attack. what took place a short while ago is there is a terrorist vehicle drove and plowed through
began before dawn yesterday. both israel and hamas claim hamas claiming victory in their 11-day conflict had hamas targeted israel with more than 4,000 rongts. really responded with aways of air strikes to try to degrade the terrorist group. we do have live fox news it coverage mark meredith is standing by at the white house on the growing democratic divide over support for israel and begin with mike tobin as cease-fire prepares to enter its second day. mike. small clashes in easter jerusalem and it is significant because that is where this latest round of violence was sparked. there was an effort to evacuate palestinian there that caused demonstrations in israeli arab townings those led to riots at the holy sites and clashes roughly two weeks ago inspired rocket fire from gaza. that clashes today were not major but they emphasize the
egyptian negotiators are already here they were in gaza and they went to west bank to meet with mahmoud abbas today all in effort to turn the cease-fire into a longer truce. guys back to you in new york. arthel: mike tobin i ll take it here thanks for that live frort from jerusalem by the way the cease-fire there comes amid rising violence here against jewish communities across the country. lucas tomlinson will have more on those anti-semitic attacks in the u.s. that is coming up. eric: also more on the situation in the mideast in a few moments but meanwhile back here at home president biden watching the unfolding situation from camp david this weekend. before he left washington, he defended the democratic parties solid support for israel. though his party is divided, though, on the issue with progressives criticizing the jewish state. of this comes as white house is