The Israeli army stated a truck driver opened fireplace on Sunday at an Israeli border crossing between the occupied West Financial institution and Jordan, killing three Israeli guards earlier than being “eradicated”.
The lethal assault on the Allenby Bridge crossing, often known as King Hussein Bridge crossing, comes amid surging violence within the West Financial institution, with main Israeli army raids and assaults by Palestinians.
The army stated “a terrorist” reached the realm of the crossing, within the Jordan Valley, in a truck “from Jordan”.
The driving force “exited the truck and opened fireplace at Israeli safety forces working on the bridge”, a army assertion stated.
“Three Israeli civilians have been pronounced useless because of the assault,” the army stated, later clarifying to AFP that they have been “working as safety guards” and never within the military or police.
The attacker was shot useless by forces, the army added.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the assailant as a “despicable terrorist” impressed by “a murderous ideology” fuelled by Iran.
“It is a exhausting day,” Netanyahu stated firstly of a cupboard assembly.
“A despicable terrorist murdered three of our residents in chilly blood on the Allenby Bridge. I ship my condolences on behalf of the federal government.”
Jordan’s inside ministry stated authorities in Amman have been “investigating the incident”, and a Jordanian safety supply instructed AFP that the crossing’s Jordanian facet had been closed.
The crossing is the one worldwide gateway for Palestinians from the West Financial institution that doesn’t require getting into Israel, which has occupied the territory since 1967.
Non-public safety guards function the crossing alongside Israeli safety forces stationed there.
Israel’s emergency medical service Magen David Adom stated earlier that three folks had died of gunshot wounds on the crossing, in what police described as a capturing assault.
Israeli media studies stated the assailant opened fireplace at an inspection space.
The army stated it had deployed troopers to the scene to “rule out the suspicion of the truck being rigged with explosives”.
Violence within the West Financial institution has soared for the reason that conflict in Gaza broke out after Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel.
For the reason that October 7 assault, Israeli troops or settlers have killed not less than 662 Palestinians within the West Financial institution which Israel occupied in 1967, in response to the Palestinian well being ministry.
A minimum of 23 Israelis, together with members of the safety forces, have been killed in Palestinian assaults throughout the identical interval, Israeli officers say.
