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Shooter wounds 2 at Jordan-West Bank crossing
A shooting attack wounded two men at a border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The Israeli ambulance service said two people were seriously injured, while Israeli media reported two alleged assailants were killed.
“Two men, approximately 20 and 60 years old, were critically injured and are unconscious following the attack at the Allenby crossing,” the Magen David Adom emergency service said in a statement.
The King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge is a crucial crossing for trade between Jordan and Israel. In September 2024, a gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby crossing before being shot dead by soldiers.
Two killed from shooting attack at Jordan-West Bank crossing
The two people hurt in the shooting attack at the Israel-controlled King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge between Jordan and the occupied West Bank have been pronounced dead, Israel’s emergency service said.
The Israeli military says details of the shooting are under investigation, adding that the attacker arrived in a truck transporting humanitarian aid from Jordan and opened fire.
Israeli military: Allenby crossing attack perpetrator ‘neutralised’
Israel’s military has released a statement on the shooting attack near the Allenby crossing.
The army said the perpetrator “arrived in a truck transporting humanitarian aid from Jordan, and opened fire”. Israeli soldiers returned fire and “neutralised” the alleged attacker, who was reportedly armed with a gun and a knife.
Currently, Israeli military units are carrying out a search and “encircling” the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.
The two victims received initial treatment at the scene of the attack. “We continued the medical care, including resuscitation efforts, at the end of which we sadly had to pronounce them deceased,” the emergency service quoted one of its medics as saying.
Jordan halts travel through Allenby Bridge after deadly attack
Jordan’s Public Security Directorate says it has suspended passenger movement through the King Hussein Bridge, also known as the Allenby crossing, following the deadly attack we’ve been reporting on.
Authorities said the halt comes after the bridge was closed from the Israeli side, and urged travellers to monitor official media channels for updates until the crossing reopens.
Jordan decries Allenby crossing shooting, launches investigation
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry says it has launched an investigation into the shooting attack on the Israeli side of the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge earlier today, calling the incident a violation of law that threatens Jordan’s humanitarian aid efforts to Gaza.
In a statement, the ministry reaffirmed Jordan’s condemnation of all acts of violence and stressed its commitment to ensuring the safe return of the drivers who crossed the bridge today to deliver aid.
Authorities confirmed that 22 Jordanian aid trucks crossed into Gaza earlier today, part of more than 8,600 trucks sent since the start of Israel’s war on the enclave.
The ministry named the driver accused of carrying out the attack as 56-year-old Abd al-Mutlaib al-Qaisi, a civilian who had been working as an aid driver for the past three months.
Jordan renewed its call for an immediate end to Israel’s assault on Gaza and for a permanent ceasefire.
