ISRAELI ARMY SAYS 3 KILLED AT JORDAN CROSSING WERE SECURITY GUARDS

Sun 08 September 2024:

Three people killed in the shooting at the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge between the occupied West Bank and Jordan were security guards, the Israeli army has clarified.

The military said a truck driver opened fire at the border crossing before being shot dead. It added that the alleged attacker reached the area of the crossing, in the Jordan Valley, in a truck “from Jordan”.

“[The driver] exited the truck and opened fire at Israeli security forces operating at the bridge,” a military statement said.

“Three Israeli civilians were pronounced dead as a result of the attack,” the military said, later clarifying to AFP that they were “working as security guards” and not in the army or police.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said a truck driver opened fire at King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli Magen David Adom emergency service said three men were critically injured in the attack before they were pronounced dead.

The alleged attacker was shot dead, Haaretz newspaper said.

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The attack came amid rising tensions in the occupied West Bank as Israel pressed ahead with its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 40,900 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since last Oct. 7.

At least 691 individuals have since been killed and more than 5,700 injured by Israeli fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.

The escalation follows a significant ruling by the International Court of Justice on July 19, which declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories unlawful and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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