A gunman shot three Israeli soldiers dead after driving a truck towards the Allenby Bridge crossing before being killed by Israeli Defence Forces.
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00:00Three Israelis were shot and killed at the border crossing between the West Bank and
00:07Jordan in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza.
00:13The Israeli military said the gunmen approached from the Jordanian side in a truck before
00:19opening fire at Israeli security forces who killed him in a subsequent shootout.
00:25Local authorities closed the crossing until further notice and Jordan is reportedly investigating
00:31the shooting.
00:32Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and linked it to Israel's
00:37larger conflict with Iran and allied militant groups, including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah
00:43in Lebanon.
00:45Jordan, which has a large Palestinian population, made peace with Israel in 1994 but has been
00:52deeply and publicly critical of its policies towards Palestinians.