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Three Israelis killed in shooting attack at West Bank-Jordan crossing
The rare attack at the Allenby Bridge crossing comes amid soaring violence in the West Bank with major Israeli raids and attacks by Palestinians, and against the backdrop of the Israel’s war on Gaza, now in its 12th month, AFP reported. The Israeli military said the assailant reached crossing area, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, 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. The attacker was shot dead, the military added, without providing his name or nationality.
Hamas resistance group, which has been fighting the Israeli army in Gaza since last October, praised the attack but did not claim responsibility for it.
The Palestinian group said in a statement that the shooting “affirms the Arab peoples’ rejection of the (Israeli) occupation, its crimes, and its ambitions in Palestine and Jordan”.
Jordan’s Interior Ministry said authorities were “investigating the incident”.
The crossing, in the Jordan Valley, is the only international gateway for Palestinians from the West Bank that does not require entering Israel, which has occupied the territory since 1967.