Two people were killed in a shooting at the Allenby Crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli ambulance service said on Thursday.
The Allenby Bridge is a crucial crossing for trade between Jordan and Israel © Mena Today
Two people were killed in a shooting at the Allenby Crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli ambulance service said on Thursday.
The ambulance added that an assailant was killed by the security forces.
The Israeli military has received a report of the shooting and details of the incident were being investigated, the military said. Israeli media reported that the two wounded Israelis had died.
The 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 security forces, an attack that shut the crossing for two days.
Reporting by Tala Ramadan and Nayera Abdallah
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