Why has Israel closed the West Bank’s crossing with Jordan?
Al Jazeera
The fatal shooting of three Israeli border guards results in the crossings being closed, impacting more than travel.
The only crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank – the King Hussein Bridge, also known as the Allenby Bridge – has been closed by Israel.
Israel also closed two of its own crossings with Jordan on Sunday: the Wadi Araba Crossing, or Yitzhak Rabin Crossing, near Eilat, Israel, and Aqaba, Jordan, both on the Red Sea, and the Jordan River Crossing near Beit She’an, Israel, and Irbid, Jordan.
Jordan also closed the crossings from its side on Sunday and Monday.
The closures came after a shooting on Sunday when a Jordanian truck driver killed three members of Israel’s security forces.
The driver was killed shortly after by an Israeli security guard. Israel reopened the border crossings for passenger traffic on Monday morning, but they remained closed to cargo trucks.
