The incident takes place in a business cargo space the place Jordanian vans offload cargo coming into the occupied West Financial institution.
Israel has closed all border crossings with Jordan after an armed man killed three border guards at King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge border crossing between the occupied West Financial institution and Jordan.
The Israeli navy stated the attacker arrived on the crossing from the adjoining al-Karameh city in Jordan in a truck on Sunday morning and opened hearth on the border guards.
“Three Israeli civilians have been pronounced lifeless because of the assault,” the navy stated, later clarifying to the information company AFP that they have been “working as safety guards” and weren’t a part of the military or police forces.
Personal safety guards function the crossing alongside Israeli safety forces stationed there.
The Israeli navy stated it had “eradicated” the attacker.
It marks the primary assault of its variety alongside the border with Jordan since Israel’s conflict on Gaza started in October.
The assault happened in a business cargo space underneath Israeli management the place Jordanian vans offload cargo coming into the occupied West Financial institution, officers stated.
The Israeli navy stated the truck driver “exited the truck and opened hearth at Israeli safety forces working on the bridge”. It stated an investigation was on to find out if the truck was rigged with explosives.
Jordan’s inside minister stated authorities in Amman have been “investigating the incident”. A Jordanian safety supply advised AFP that the crossing’s Jordanian facet had been closed.
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, reporting from the West Financial institution, stated the truth that the incident occurred in such an space “the place a perpetrator has managed to get a weapon inside and kill three individuals is taken into account a really large safety breach.”
The taking pictures comes days after Israeli forces withdrew from the West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin following 10 days of lethal raids that noticed the destruction of properties, roads and water amenities. Greater than 30 Palestinians have been killed. Israel has killed greater than 600 individuals and arrested 10,000 others as a part of its intensified operations within the West Financial institution since October.
Israel’s navy offensive in Gaza, which has killed greater than 40,000 Palestinians, has drawn world condemnation and accusations of conflict crimes.
Extremely militarised crossing
Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim stated the Israeli military and all different safety departments are there to make sure the crossing is “extremely militarised” and Palestinians “can get searched and inspected as much as 5 instances there”.
The crossing is the one possibility for Palestinians to go from the occupied West Financial institution to Jordan.
Ibrahim stated, in keeping with the Oslo Settlement in 1993 that noticed the institution of the Palestinian Authority, “there was presupposed to be some form of double patrol between the Palestinians and the Israelis” on the border, including that setup was carried out for a couple of years earlier than the Israelis took cost of the Palestinian facet.
Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from Amman, stated “there was no affirmation and no denial” concerning the truck driver’s id from Jordanian authorities.
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994 and have shut safety ties.
Dozens of trailers cross every day from Jordan, with items from Jordan and the Gulf that provide each the occupied West Financial institution and Israeli markets.