Israel has announced that it will reopen the Allenby border crossing for trucks from Jordan heading to the Gaza Strip from Wednesday. The crossing has been closed to goods since September, when a Jordanian driver shot and killed two Israelis there.
Israel will reopen a border crossing it controls between Jordan and the occupied West Bank for humanitarian trucks heading to the Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said on Tuesday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- Israel to open Allenby border crossing for humanitarian aid.
- The goods will be transported from Jordan through thorough security checks.
- Israel closed the crossing after a Jordanian driver shot and killed an Israeli soldier and an officer
- In the meantime, humanitarian aid was directed through the Sheikh Hussein crossing.
Allenby border crossing
“Based on the agreements and instructions of the political leadership, the transfer of goods and aid from Jordan to the Judea and Samaria (Israeli designation for the West Bank, note TASR) to the Gaza Strip through the Allenby border crossing will be allowed from tomorrow (Wednesday),” an Israeli official said in a statement.
“All aid trucks bound for the Gaza Strip will continue to be escorted and under security supervision after a thorough security check,” the official added.
Closing the passage
Israel closed the crossing, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, after a Jordanian truck driver shot and killed an Israeli soldier and an officer in an ambush at the border in September. The crossing was reopened to people a few days later, but not to humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip.
Jordan said that since the closure of the Allenby crossing, it has been able to send some aid to the Palestinian territories through the Sheikh Hussein crossing, north of the West Bank.
The Allenby crossing is the only international entry point for Palestinians from the West Bank that does not require entry into Israel, which has occupied the territory since 1967.
