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Aid driver kills two Israeli army personnel at border

By AAP Newswire

Sep 19, 2025

Israeli police and soldiers — The Israeli ambulance service says two men have been killed a shooter shot dead by security forces. -AP

A driver bringing humanitarian aid from Jordan for the Gaza Strip has opened fire and killed two Israeli military personnel at the Allenby Crossing into the West Bank before being killed by security forces, authorities from both countries say.

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No group immediately claimed responsibility for what Israel denounced as a "terror attack" at the only gateway for Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Jordan.

"The driver accused of the operation is Abdul Mutalib al-Qaisi, born in 1968. He is a civilian who began working as a driver delivering aid to Gaza three months ago," Jordan's foreign ministry said.

Israel's ambulance service said the two Israelis succumbed to their wounds while the attacker was shot dead by security personnel.

Jordan said an investigation would be opened, calling the shootings a threat to its humanitarian role in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli chief of staff Eyal Zamir advised the government to halt the entry of humanitarian aid from Jordan until the completion of an inquiry into the incident, and the implementation of revised screening procedures for Jordanian drivers, the military said.

Earlier this month, Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting on the outskirts of Jerusalem that killed six people.

In September 2024, a gunman from Jordan also killed three Israelis at the Allenby Crossing before being shot dead by security forces.