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Three Israelis killed in West Bank-Jordan border shooting as Gaza reels from airstrikes
Three Israelis killed in West Bank-Jordan border shooting as Gaza reels from airstrikes
At least three Israelis were killed in a shooting at a border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, while Israeli strikes killed 31 people in Gaza
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The Israeli military said a truck driver opened fire Sunday at an Israeli border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, killing three Israeli guards before being "eliminated" by security forces.
Israel said "a terrorist" reached the area of the Allenby Bridge Crossing, also known as King Hussein Crossing, in a truck "from Jordan". The driver "exited the truck and opened fire at Israeli security forces operating at the bridge," a military statement said.
"Three Israeli civilians were pronounced dead as a result of the attack," the military said, later clarifying that they were "working as security guards" and not part of the army or police forces.
The attacker was shot dead by forces, the military added.
Israel has been engaged in a major assault on towns and cities in the West Bank, with over 39 Palestinians killed since 28 August.
The Gaza war entered its 12th month Saturday with no sign that Israel's indiscriminate attacks on the territory will end. At least 31 people were killed there in Israeli strikes on Saturday, eight of them at a schools sheltering displaced people.
Israel has continued to stall negotiations for a truce that would see Israeli captives held by Hamas swapped for Palestinian prisoners, insisting on permanently keeping troops at the Philadelphi corridor which separates Gaza from Egypt.
Hamas has rejected any presence of Israeli troops on the Gaza Strip, demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from the territory.
Around 750,000 Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Saturday evening, demanding an immediate ceasefire deal.
Agencies contributed to this report.
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Jordan has closed the King Hussein bridge crossing with the occupied West Bank as it investigates a shooting incident in which three Israelis were killed, a Jordanian official told Reuters.
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Hezbollah said it had bombarded the northern Israeli town of "Kiryat Shmona with a volley of Falaq rockets" early Sunday "in response to the enemy attacks... and particularly the attack" that killed the emergency workers in the Lebanese village of Froun.
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The Civil Emergency Service said in a statement that Morsi's death raised to 83 the number of its members killed by Israeli fire since October 7.
There was no immediate Israeli comment on Morsi's death.
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Israel's emergency service said three people were killed in what police described as a "shooting attack" near the Allenby Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan on Sunday morning.
"We found three men lying unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing, with gunshot wounds. Together with the IDF (Israeli military) medical team, we performed resuscitation efforts, but unfortunately, we had to declare their deaths on scene," a Magen David Adom emergency service statement said. Israeli police claimed separately that an attacker had been "neutralised".
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