Three Israelis were critically injured and then died from their injuries on Sunday after a terrorist fired at the Allenby crossing that connects Israel and Jordan. The terrorist, a Jordanian citizen, was neutralized and security forces scanned the area to make sure there are no more terrorists there.
A preliminary investigation of the circumstances of the attack found that a truck driver who came from the Jordanian side toward the common unloading area managed to hide a handgun in the truck and when he arrived in front of the Israeli workers he pulled out the weapon and began shooting at them.
The shooting was carried out before a security check could be carried out on the truck. There were initially concerns that the truck was booby-trapped with explosives.
The terrorist was shot by the local people. Large IDF forces were rushed to the scene.
Hatzalah medic Avi Yodkavski reported: “I was in the area; I received a call and was informed of a shooting incident in the crossing. I quickly left for the scene, and when I arrived, the soldiers led me to three victims, who work at the crossing. We began to administer first aid; the terrorist was neutralized by the security forces. When I arrived, an MDA paramedic was already here.”
The victims have been identified as:
- Yochanan Shchori, 61, from Maaleh Efraim and a father of six.
- Yuri Birnbaum, 65, from Moshav Na’ama and a father of three.
- Adrian Marcelo Podmesser, 57, from Ariel and a father of four.
All three worked at the border crossing.
All land border crossings between Israel and Jordan have been closed following the terror attack.
According to the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories unit (COGAT), around 15 percent of all the humanitarian aid arriving in Gaza came from Jordan, per a TPS report.
