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A bomb has gone off near a convoy of Israeli diplomats in Jordan, Israel's foreign ministry has confirmed. | |
No-one was injured in the incident, and the convoy continued on its way. | No-one was injured in the incident, and the convoy continued on its way. |
The attack occurred on the road between Amman, Jordan's capital, and the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. | |
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994 and have full diplomatic relations, though relations between the two are sometimes tense. | |
Israel's ambassador to Jordan, Dany Nevo, was in the convoy. | |
Israeli diplomats often travel home on Thursday afternoon, at the start of the weekend in Jordan. | |
There has been no comment from the Jordanian authorities, but the Israeli foreign ministry said police were investigating. |