An Israeli soldier was killed and four others wounded when assailants opened fire on an Israeli border patrol in the worst clash in decades along the normally calm Israel-Jordan border. Israeli helicopters raked the border area with machine-gun fire, and plumes of smoke rose from the heavily wooded border area as Israelis looked for the gunmen. The area was sealed off for hours as the Israelis searched for the assailants. Israeli soldiers later found bodies of two gunmen on the Israeli side of the Jordan River but outside the border fence.
Nice attempt to extend the conflict to include the Jordanians. Doesn't appear to have worked, though. |