Americans among 8 injured in bus shooting in Jerusalem

Eight people, including at least five Americans, were wounded when a gunman opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem early Sunday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.

Among those injured in the attack was a pregnant woman, who was forced to deliver her baby in an emergency room, officials said.

"The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack outside the Old City of Jerusalem that wounded at least eight victims, including at least five U.S.

Israel said the attack was meant to thwart threats from the group to respond to the arrest of one of its officials in the occupied West Bank.

Two of the victims from Sunday morning's attack are listed in serious condition at Shaarei Tsedek Hospital in Jerusalem, a hospital spokesperson told ABC News.

The hospital spokesperson said an American citizen in his 50s or 60s suffered gunshot wounds to his neck and upper back and was among those in serious condition.

Two other Americans were treated at the hospital for mild to moderate injuries and released, the spokesperson said.

The pregnant woman wounded in the attack was undergoing surgery and is expected to survive, but is facing a long recovery process, the hospital spokesperson said.

Kathy Hochul posted a statement on Twitter, saying some of the Americans injured in the attack were from New York state.

He said three of the people injured are from the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, including a man he identified as Shia Hersh Glick.

Schumer said friends of Glick told him he was trying to protect his family when he was shot.