An Argentine-Israeli citizen died after the attack in the Allenby Bridge border crossing area. Two other victims were also reported.
A Argentine citizen identified as Adrian Marcelo Podsmeser was one of the three fatal victims of a new terrorist attack occurred this Sunday at the Allenby Bridge border crossing, between Jordan and the West Bank. Two other Israeli nationals died along with him in an incident linked to The Gaza War which broke out 11 months ago.
Israeli authorities confirmed the death of the three people. Along with PodsmeserAlso killed were Yohanan Shchori (61 years old) and Yuri Birnbaum (65 years old), both settlers from the West Bank settlements of Ma’ale Efraim and Na’ama, the Jewish News Agency reported.
At the end of August, Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank, invading at least four cities at the same time (Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus and Tubas), in what it called an “anti-terrorist operation.”
Who is Adrian Podsmeser, the Argentine who died in an attack on the border between Jordan and the West Bank
The Israeli military said a gunman approached the Allenby Bridge crossing from the Jordanian side in a truck and opened fire on Israeli security forces, who killed the attacker in a shootout. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said the three dead men were in their 50s.
The attacker is a Jordanian citizen identified as Maher Dhiab Hussein al-Jaziwho arrived at the border crossing armed and started shooting with a gun against the employees working there.
What was the attack that left three dead like?
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that the attacker was shot dead. In addition, an investigation is underway into whether the truck in which the man was travelling was also equipped with explosives.
An American activist was shot dead during a protest near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said. The young woman was identified as Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, of Turkish origin.
Palestinian news agency WAFA said the activist was shot in the head during a protest in Beita, near Nablus, on Friday. She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead, WAFA reported. Palestinian sources on social media claimed she was killed by Israeli forces.
The Israeli army, for its part, said in a brief statement that it was forced to open fire to mitigate “the threat” of “an instigator who was throwing stones at the forces.”
Source: Ambito
