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Israel shuts West Bank crossing with Jordan following deadly attack

# Israel shut the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan until further notice, after a driver bringing humanitarian aid from Jordan for Gaza on Thursday opened fire and killed two Israeli military personnel. The Allenby Bridge is a key route for trade between Jordan and Israel and the only gateway for more than three-million Palestinians in the West Bank to reach Jordan and the wider world. The two crossings between Israel itself and Jordan were also affected, with the Jordan River crossing shut and the Rabin crossing open only for workers.