Shooting attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing kills 3 Israelis
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00:00The border area between Jordan and the occupied West Bank now sealed off.
00:05The Israeli army has closed the Allenby Bridge crossing until further notice, following the
00:10attack that killed three Israeli security guards the Sunday morning.
00:14Authorities say a man approached in a truck from the Jordanian side of the border before
00:18opening fire.
00:19We were at the entrance of the checkpoints with several vehicles.
00:26We suddenly heard gunfire, it was far away.
00:30Then we saw the border closing.
00:33After a few minutes, military and police troops arrived and told us to turn around.
00:41The alleged assailant was later killed by Israeli soldiers, and Prime Minister Benjamin
00:45Netanyahu offered his condolences to the families of the victims.
00:51This is a difficult day.
00:52A despicable terrorist murdered three of our citizens on the Allenby Bridge in cold blood.
00:57The murderers do not distinguish between us.
01:00They want to murder us all, down to the last one, right and left, secular and religious
01:06Jews and non-Jews.
01:08The Allenby crossing is mainly used by Palestinians and international tourists, as well as for
01:13cargo shipments.
01:15The crossing has seen few security incidents over the years, but in 2014, Israeli security
01:20guards shot and killed a Jordanian national who they said had attacked them.
01:24The latest attack comes as the Israeli army steps up large-scale military operations in
01:29the occupied West Bank in recent weeks.