The Israeli army announced on Friday morning that gunmen crossed from Jordan and opened fire on its soldiers, saying that it killed two of them while the third was able to return to Jordan.
The border between Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories is 360 kilometers long.
The following is a list of previous shooting operations at Jordanian-Israeli contact points:
13/3/97
Jordanian soldier Ahmed Al-Daqamseh opened fire on a group of Israeli students who were on a school trip on what is known as Peace Island on the Israeli-Jordanian border, killing 7 Israeli girls and wounding 4 others and a teacher.
13/1/2009
Shooting from the direction of Jordan towards an Israeli border guard force that was conducting a regular patrol. The shooting occurred near the Rabin crossing on the southern border between Jordan and Israel, but no casualties were reported. The Israeli force responded to the source of the fire in kind.
2010
Targeting the car of the Israeli ambassador and his diplomatic staff in the Adassiya area near King Hussein Bridge An explosive device was near the Israeli car when it exploded, and it did not cause any damage.
2014
The incident of the killing of Judge Raed Zuaiter, which was carried out by an Israeli soldier at the King Hussein Bridge, while he was entering the Palestinian territories legally, as gunshots were fired from close range, without any need or justification, and in an excessive use of force.
5/4/2024
Shooting was directed at an Israeli military force near the Sheikh Hussein crossing in the northern sector of the Israeli-Jordanian border, resulting in no casualties. Israeli media sources said that a Jordanian soldier was behind the shooting, but this was not officially confirmed.
8/9/2024
Jordanian Maher Al-Jazi opened fire on Israeli crossing security as he passed his truck on the King Hussein Bridge, which on the Israeli side bears the name Allenby.
Al-Jazi killed 3 Israeli soldiers before he was martyred by Israeli security bullets.
18/10/2024
The Israeli army announces that gunmen infiltrated from Jordan and opened fire on its soldiers, wounding two of them. The army said that it killed two of the militants, while the third was able to return to Jordan.
It is mentioned that Wadi Araba Agreement in 1994 It states that Jordan and Israel pledge to security cooperation and take bilateral measures to “prevent acts of terrorism between the two parties and prevent infiltration between the borders.”