2025 Allenby Bridge shooting
| 2025 Allenby Bridge shooting | |
|---|---|
The Allenby Bridge as seen from the west looking east into Jordan | |
| Location | Allenby Bridge Border crossing |
| Date | September 18, 2025 |
| Target | Israel Defence Forces[1] |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Weapon | Assault rifle |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Abdul Muttalib Al-Qaisi |
On September 18, 2025, two Israelis were killed in a shooting attack at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.[2] The shooter opened fire at Israeli personnel in the cargo terminal. Israeli security forces returned fire and killed the assailant.[3][1] The victims were identified as 68-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Yitzhak Harosh and 20-year-old Sergeant Oran Hershko.[4] The attack occurred just over a year after the 2024 Allenby Bridge shooting, in which three Israeli border workers were killed by a Jordanian humanitarian aid truck driver at the same crossing.[5]
The attacker was identified by Jordan's foreign ministry as 57-year-old civilian Abdul Muttalib Al-Qaisi who was reported to have crossed from the Jordanian side of the terminal while driving a truck carrying humanitarian aid intended for residents of Gaza. Al-Qaisi began working to deliver aid to Gaza three months before the attack.[4]
Israel indefinitely closed the bridge on September 24, days after reopening it following the shooting.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Two soldiers killed in shooting attack". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ Staff, J. N. S. (2025-09-18). "One killed, one wounded in terrorist shooting at Israel's Allenby Crossing with Jordan". JNS.org. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ ברוך, עוזי. "שני נרצחים בפיגוע ירי במעבר אלנבי, המחבל חייל ירדני שנהג במשאית סיוע". ערוץ 7 (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ a b "Two shot dead in attack near West Bank-Jordan crossing, Israeli military says". BBC News. September 18, 2025. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
- ^ "Three Israeli civilians shot dead at Allenby Crossing between West Bank and Jordan". CNN. 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "Israel to close West Bank crossing to Jordan indefinitely". Reuters. Retrieved 27 September 2025.