UPDATE - 2 Israelis killed in shooting attack near border crossing with Jordan

UPDATES WITH MORE DETAILS

By Betul Yilmaz

ISTANBUL (AA) - Two Israelis were killed in a shooting attack near a border crossing with Jordan on Thursday, medics said.

Israel’s national ambulance service MDA said in a statement that two men, age 20 and 60, were killed in the attack near Allenby 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 carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

The daily Yedioth Ahronoth, citing security sources, said the attacker was the driver of an aid truck, who stabbed the two Israelis after gunfire.

The Israeli army said the incident was under investigation.

Jordan’s government spokesman Mohammed Momani said Amman is following reports about the security incident at the Israeli side of the crossing.