Gunman kills two at Israeli-run crossing between West Bank and Jordan
The Israeli military referred to it as a militant attack and said that the shooter arrived on a truck transporting humanitarian aid.
A gunman killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan on Thursday, officials said.
The Israeli military referred to it as a militant attack and said that the shooter arrived on a truck transporting humanitarian aid.
Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said that two men, around 60 and 20-years-old, were killed.
The military said the attacker had been “neutralised” without elaborating.
Jordanian state media said authorities were aware of a “security incident” on the West Bank side of the crossing.
Three Israelis were killed in a September 2024 attack at the crossing, when a retired Jordanian soldier opened fire.
That attack appeared to be linked to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with Gaza and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war.
The Palestinians want all three territories for a future state.
Violence has surged across the occupied West Bank since Hamas’ October 7 2023 attack out of Gaza ignited the war there.
Israel is currently waging a major ground offensive in Gaza City that has forced over 200,000 Palestinians to flee, according to the United Nations.
Hundreds of thousands remain in the city, large parts of which have already been destroyed in previous Israeli raids.
– Israeli military to indict former officer over Lebanon ambush
The Israeli military said on Thursday it plans on indicting a former senior officer in connection with the deaths of two Israelis in a Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon last November.
Colonel Yoav Yarom, who was the chief of staff of the army’s Golani infantry brigade, stepped down after the incident.
Zeev Erlich, 70, and Gur Kehati, a 20-year-old soldier, were killed.
At the time, the army launched an investigation to determine who allowed Mr Erlich into the combat zone with the forces and why he was allowed to enter.
In a statement Thursday, the army said its military prosecutor plans on filing charges against Yarom, pending a pre-indictment hearing.
Such a hearing is a standard procedure.
According to Israeli media reports, Mr Erlich was not on active duty when he was shot, but was wearing a military uniform and had a weapon.
Mr Erlich was a well-known West Bank settler and researcher of Jewish history.
Media reports said he was permitted to enter Lebanon to explore a local archaeological site.
