A gunman opened fire near the Israeli Embassy in Jordan early Sunday, a security source and state media said, adding that the gunman was killed and three coppers were maimed in the incident, which was over.
Police shot a gunman who had fired at a police patrol in the Rabiah neighborhood of Amman, state news agency Petra reported, citing public security, adding investigations were ongoing.
Jordanian police had earlier cordoned off an area near the heavily policed embassy after gunshots were heard, witnesses said. Two witnesses said police and ambulances rushed to the Rabiah neighborhood, where the embassy is located.
Police had called on residents to stay in their homes as security personnel searched for the culprits, a security source said.
The area is a flashpoint for frequent demonstrations against Israel.
The kingdom has witnessed some of the biggest rallies across the region as anti-Israel sentiment runs high in Arab countries over the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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disproportionate response...
, which was sparked by the Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...terror group’s onslaught of October 7, 2023.
In March, Jordanian riot police had to fire tear gas to push back hundreds of demonstrators marching on the embassy to protest the military operation.
Israeli ambassador Rogel Rachman has been in Israel since leaving for security reasons in the wake of the October 7 massacre.
Bilateral relations, established in 1994 but long-suffering from deep unpopularity in the Hashemite Kingdom, took a further hit in 2017 following a deadly shooting incident in Amman involving an Israeli embassy guard.
Two Jordanians were killed and the Israeli security guard, Ziv Moyal, was injured in the embassy compound, during an apparent altercation between them. The details of the event were a subject of disagreement between Israel and Jordan.
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[IsraelTimes] Jordan’s government communications minister, Mohamed Momani, says the shooting near the Israeli Embassy in Amman was a terror attack that targeted public security forces in the country.
Momani says in a statement that investigations into the attack were underway.
Police shot a gunman who had fired at a police patrol in the Rabiah neighborhood of Amman, state news agency Petra reported, citing public security, adding investigations were ongoing.
The gunman was killed and three policemen were injured in the incident earlier this morning.