Israeli newspapers Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post have identified two of the three victims of the shooting attack at the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, Al Jazeera reports.
They are Yohanan Shchori, 61, from the illegal West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Efraim, and Yuri Birnbaum, 65, from the settlement of Na’ama. According to earlier reports, the victims worked as private security guards at the crossing.
The attack occurred at the commercial cargo area of the crossing, the only exit point for Palestinians in the West Bank to travel outside the occupied territory. The attacker reportedly approached from the Jordanian side.