Two Israeli soldiers were fatally shot Thursday in a shooting near a border crossing with Jordan, according to medics.
Israel’s national ambulance service, MDA, said in a statement that two men, aged 20 and 60, were killed in the attack near Allenby (King Hussein) Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan.
Israel’s Army Radio said the attacker was neutralized at the site, without giving any further details.
The public broadcaster KAN claimed that the attacker was a Jordanian citizen allegedly carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
The daily Yedioth Ahronoth, citing security sources, claimed the attacker was the driver of an aid truck, who stabbed the two Israelis after gunfire.
