Two Israeli army personnel have been shot useless close to a border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution and Jordan, the Israeli army and medics say.
The 2 males had been recognized as reservist Lieutenant Colonel Yitzhak Harosh, 68, and Sergeant Oran Hershko, 20.
The Israeli army stated “a terrorist arrived in a truck transporting humanitarian help from Jordan, and opened fireplace” close to the Allenby Crossing and was killed by safety forces on the scene.
Jordan’s international ministry stated the accused driver, Abdul Muttalib Al-Qaisi, born in 1968, was a civilian who started working to ship help to Gaza three months in the past. Jordan condemned the incident and has launched an investigation.
The Jordanian international ministry condemned the act of violence “as a violation of the legislation and a risk to the Kingdom’s pursuits and its means to ship humanitarian help to the Gaza Strip”.
The ministry stated 22 Jordanian help vans had crossed the bridge in direction of Gaza on Thursday as a part of measures which had facilitated the passage of 8,664 help vans for the reason that begin of the conflict in Gaza.
The assault was praised by the Palestinian armed group Hamas, which Israel is preventing in Gaza, as a response to “the every day crimes and massacres dedicated by the [Israeli] occupation in opposition to our Palestinian individuals”.
The incident comes one 12 months after three Israeli males had been shot useless in the identical place by an attacker who the Israeli army recognized as a Jordanian truck driver.
The Allenby Bridge crossing, also referred to as the King Hussein Bridge, lies about midway between Amman and Jerusalem and is the one official crossing level between the West Financial institution and Jordan. It is usually the one entry level to the West Financial institution that doesn’t undergo Israel.
Jordan and Israel preserve safety, commerce and diplomatic ties – although Jordan is a vocal critic of Israel’s actions in direction of Palestinians.
Dozens of vans cross from Jordan every day to produce items for markets in each the West Financial institution and Israel.
The official Palestinian information company Wafa stated Israeli authorities had closed the crossing following Thursday’s capturing.
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