Gunman shot dead, three police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan
A gunman has been shot dead and three policemen have been injured after a shooting near the Israeli embassy in Jordan, a security source and state media have reported.
Police shot a gunman who had fired at a police patrol in the Rabiah neighbourhood of Amman, Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported, citing public security. The area is a flashpoint for frequent demonstrations against Israel.
Jordan’s Minister of Communication and government spokesperson Mohammad al-Momani called the shooting incident “a terrorist attack on the Public Security Forces that are doing their duty”, Petra reported.
“Any infringement on the security of the country and attacks on security personnel will be met with firmness,” he said.
Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel is unpopular among many citizens who see normalisation of relations as betraying the rights of their Palestinian compatriots.
Israeli rabbi found dead in UAE
An Israeli man who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found murdered, PM Netanyahu’s office says, denouncing his death as a “heinous antisemitic terrorist act”.
Zvi Kogan, a rabbi who worked for the orthodox Jewish organisation Chabad in the Gulf country, went missing in Dubai on Thursday.
“The state of Israel will use all means at its disposal to bring the criminals responsible for his death to justice,” the prime minister’s statement said. Israel has advised against travel to the UAE in the wake of Kogan’s death.
UAE arrests three suspects in killing of Israeli rabbi
The United Arab Emirates arrested three suspects in the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, the Gulf state’s news agency reports.
Kogan’s body was found in the Emirati city of Al Ain, which borders Oman, though it is not clear if he was killed there or elsewhere. Emirati and Israeli authorities have not said who was involved in the killing or what the motive might have been.
