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Palestinian-Jordanian man shot dead at border crossing Palestinian-Jordanian man shot dead at border crossing
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A Palestinian-Jordanian man has been killed by Israeli soldiers as he crossed from Jordan into the West Bank. A Palestinian-Jordanian judge has been killed by Israeli soldiers as he crossed from Jordan into the West Bank.
An Israeli Airports Authority spokesman told the BBC that the man was shot after he attempted to grab a soldier's rifle at the Allenby crossing. The Israeli military said Raed Zaytar, 38, was shot after he attempted to grab a soldier's rifle and then strangle him at the Allenby Bridge crossing.
He was identified as Raed Zaytar, 38, from Nablus in the West Bank. Jordanian officials said he had been working as a judge in the capital, Amman. Originally from the West Bank town of Nablus, Mr Zaytar had been working as a magistrate in Jordan since 2009.
The Allenby crossing was closed for several hours after the incident. The Palestinian and Jordanian governments have strongly condemned the killing and demanded an investigation.
An Israeli diplomat was also summoned by Jordan's foreign minister.
'Peaceful''Peaceful'
Palestinian officials told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency that Mr Zaytar had left the West Bank in 2011 and not returned until Monday. Mr Zaytar had been on board a bus that transports people from the Jordanian side of the border to the West Bank with about 50 others on Monday morning when it was stopped by Israeli soldiers.
An official at the Jordanian justice ministry said he was a Jordanian citizen and had been working as a judge at a magistrate's court. Describing Mr Zaytar as a "terrorist", the Israeli military said that after getting off the bus he "ran towards the soldiers yelling 'Allahu akbar', attempting to seize their weapons".
"The soldiers felt an immediate threat to their lives and fired toward his lower extremities. The suspect then began to strangle a soldier and the force resorted to firing again," it added.
Palestinian officials said Mr Zaytar had last visited the West Bank in 2011, while officials in Jordan said he had worked at a magistrate's court.
"We did not know that Raed was in the West Bank. I went to the court to check if he was working and I was told that he did not go to work today," his 70-year-old father, Alaa, himself a former judge, told AFP by telephone. "My son was peaceful and professional.""We did not know that Raed was in the West Bank. I went to the court to check if he was working and I was told that he did not go to work today," his 70-year-old father, Alaa, himself a former judge, told AFP by telephone. "My son was peaceful and professional."
He said he did not know what his son's business was in the West Bank.He said he did not know what his son's business was in the West Bank.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the incident was being investigated, but that it appeared to have "nationalistic motives". The Palestinian Authority said it vigorously condemned the "shooting at close range" of the judge and had demanded the formation of an international investigative committee.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Mr Zaytar ran towards Israeli soldiers carrying out security checks shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great") before trying to grab one of their weapons. Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Nasser Judeh meanwhile summoned Israel's charge d'affaires in Amman to express his strong condemnation of the shooting, which he said was "completely unacceptable" and required immediate investigation.
The soldiers started an arrest procedure according to their rules of engagement, which included shooting at Mr Zaytar's legs, at which point he attempted to choke one of them and was shot to death, it added. The Palestinian official in charge of border crossings, Nazmi Muhanna, said the other passengers on Mr Zaytar's bus were being questioned.
"We will verify everything," he told the AFP news agency. "There are no surveillance cameras there so we cannot get to the truth without the witnesses who were on that bus."
The border terminal, which is operated jointly by Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, was closed for several hours following the incident.
The BBC's Yolande Knell, who is at the crossing, said the shooting was an unusual incident.
In a separate development on Monday, an Israeli court sentenced an Israeli-Arab man to 25 years in prison for a bomb attack on a bus in Tel Aviv that wounded 26 people.In a separate development on Monday, an Israeli court sentenced an Israeli-Arab man to 25 years in prison for a bomb attack on a bus in Tel Aviv that wounded 26 people.
Mohammed Mafarja, 19, pleaded guilty to charges included attempted murder in connection with the attack in November 2012, at the end of an eight-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.Mohammed Mafarja, 19, pleaded guilty to charges included attempted murder in connection with the attack in November 2012, at the end of an eight-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.