Two Jordanians killed in Israeli embassy incident in Amman

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Two Jordanians killed in Israeli embassy incident in Amman

AFP, Amman Sunday, 23 July 2017

Two Jordanians were killed on Sunday and an Israeli seriously wounded at Israel’s embassy in Amman, a security source said.

“A Jordanian man was killed and an Israeli man wounded and is in a serious condition following an incident inside the (Israeli) embassy” in the residential Rabiyeh neighbourhood of Amman, said the source who declined to be named or give further details.

Jordanian security forces deployed in the streets around the embassy, an AFP correspondent said.

Israel and Jordan are bound by a 1994 peace treaty, but tensions have been high in recent days after Israel security measures at a highly sensitive holy site in annexed east Jerusalem.

Continued: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/07/23/Jordanian-killed-in-Israeli-embassy-incident-in-Amman.html

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Israel Embassy Shooting in Jordan Complicates Shrine Crisis
US News & World Report, Jul 24, 2017, ARON HELLER and KARIN LAUB, Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — A deadly shooting at Israel's Embassy in Jordan further complicated Israeli government efforts on Monday to find a way out of an escalating crisis over Jerusalem's most contested holy site, including mass Muslim prayer protests and Israeli-Palestinian violence.

The shooting, in which an Israeli security guard killed two Jordanians after being attacked by one of them with a screwdriver, has led to a diplomatic standoff between the two countries at a time when Jordan is heavily involved in efforts to defuse the crisis over the Jerusalem holy site. Jordan is the Muslim custodian of the shrine, which is also holy to Jews.

Jordanian officials said Monday that the guard could only leave if he first submitted to questioning, according to a news site linked to Jordan's military. Israel insisted the guard has diplomatic immunity.

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The Amman shooting took place on Sunday evening in a residential building used by the embassy staff.

Israel's Foreign Ministry said the incident began when two Jordanian workmen arrived at the building to replace furniture. It said one of the workers, later identified as a 17-year-old of Palestinian origin, attacked an Israeli security guard with a screwdriver.

The guard opened fire, killing the teen. A second Jordanian, the owner of the building who was also a physician, was hit by gunfire and later died of his wounds. The guard was lightly hurt, the ministry said.

The Jordanian news site Hala Akhbar, which is linked to the kingdom's military, quoted diplomatic and security officials as saying that Jordan refused to let the guard leave without an investigation.


More:  https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-07-24/israeli-security-cabinet-no-decision-on-jerusalem-holy-site