A truck driver shot useless three Israeli guards at a border crossing between the occupied West Financial institution and Jordan Sunday earlier than being “eradicated”, Israel’s navy mentioned, because it pounded Gaza with new strikes.
Jordan’s inside ministry recognized the shooter as Jordanian nationwide Maher Diab Hussein Al-Jazi, citing “preliminary investigations”.
The uncommon assault on the Allenby Bridge crossing comes amid hovering violence within the West Financial institution with main Israeli raids and assaults by Palestinians, and in opposition to the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas Gaza warfare, now in its twelfth month.
The navy mentioned “a terrorist” reached the crossing space, also called the King Hussein Bridge, in a truck “from Jordan”.
The motive force “exited the truck and opened fireplace at Israeli safety forces working on the bridge”, a navy assertion mentioned.
The navy informed Agence France-Presse that three Israelis working as “safety guards” have been killed within the capturing, including they weren’t within the military or police.
The attacker was shot useless, the navy mentioned.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the assailant as a “despicable terrorist” impressed by “a murderous ideology” which he mentioned was fuelled by Iran.
Hamas praised the assault however didn’t declare accountability for it, including it “affirms the Arab peoples’ rejection of the (Israeli) occupation, its crimes, and its ambitions in Palestine and Jordan”.
The crossing, within the Jordan Valley, 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.
Bloodshed rises in West Financial institution
Violence within the West Financial institution has surged alongside the warfare in Gaza which started after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.
Israel’s navy on 28 August launched simultaneous raids throughout a number of cities and refugee camps within the northern West Financial institution, killing at the least 36 Palestinians, in keeping with the Ramallah-based Palestinian well being ministry.
The navy mentioned it killed 35 militants. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed at the least 14 of the fatalities as members.
Since October 7, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at the least 662 Palestinians within the West Financial institution, in keeping with the Palestinian well being ministry.
At the least 23 Israelis, together with members of the safety forces, have been killed in Palestinian assaults throughout the identical interval, Israeli officers say.
On Sunday, Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes and shelling as prospects remained dim for a ceasefire, whereas within the night the navy mentioned two rockets have been fired from northern Gaza in direction of the realm of Ashkelon.
One was intercepted, whereas the opposite fell off the coast of Ashkelon metropolis, it mentioned.
Gaza’s civil defence company mentioned practically a dozen individuals have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Sunday, together with 5 in Jabalia refugee camp.
