Israeli police at scene after three dead in shooting at crossing between West Bank and Jordan

(8 Sep 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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Allenby crossing, West Bank - 8 September 2024
1. Israeli police directing traffic near the Allenby crossing
2. Police car driving by
3. Sign reading "King Hussein Border Crossing (Allenby Bridge)
4. People standing on the side of the road
5. Pan from road sign reading "Yeriho" to security forces
6. Various of security forces near the border crossing
7. Cars and trucks on the road leading to the crossing
8. Various of of security forces securing the border crossing
9. Cars and trucks passing through the border crossing
STORYLINE:
Three people were shot and killed Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza.

The military said the gunman approached the Allenby Bridge Crossing from the Jordanian side in a truck and opened fire at Israeli security forces, who killed the assailant in a shootout.

It said the three people killed were Israeli civilians.

Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said they were all men in their 50s.

Jordan is investigating the shooting, its state-run Petra News Agency reported.

The Western-allied Arab country made peace with Israel in 1994 but is deeply critical of its policies toward the Palestinians.

Jordan has a large Palestinian population and has seen mass protests against Israel over the war in Gaza.

The Allenby crossing over the Jordan River is mainly used by Israelis, Palestinians and international tourists.

The Israeli-occupied West Bank has seen a surge of violence since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the war there.

Israel has launched near-daily military arrest raids into dense Palestinian residential areas, and there has also been a rise in settler violence and Palestinian attacks on Israelis.

AP video shot by Alon Bernstein

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