A man was shot dead at dawn on Sunday after opening fire on security forces in the Israeli embassy area of the Jordanian capital Amman, and three members of the security services were injured, the media said. official agency.
“The Directorate of Public Security announced that it encountered an incident of shooting on a patrol in the Rabieh area of the capital, Amman, at dawn on Sunday,” et “the perpetrator (of the shooting) was killed”, according to the Petra agency.
Jordanian police cordoned off the area around the Israeli embassy in Amman after gunshots were heard, witnesses said on Sunday. According to two witnesses, police and ambulances were dispatched to the Rabiah neighborhood, where the embassy is located, after gunshots were heard.
Police called on residents to stay at home while security personnel searched for the culprits, a security source said. Demonstrations against Israel are frequently organized around the embassy.
Israel kills at least 120 people in last 48 hours in Gaza
Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 120 Palestinians in the past 48 hours and hit a hospital on the northern outskirts of the enclave, injuring medical staff and damaging equipment, he said. we learned on Saturday from Palestinian medical sources.
The dead included seven members of a family whose home was hit overnight in Zeitoun, Gaza City, health officials said. The others were killed in separate Israeli strikes in the central and southern Gaza Strip.
A spokeswoman for Hamas' military wing said Saturday that an Israeli hostage had died in northern Gaza, hit by Israel.
At the same time, Israeli forces have intensified their incursion and bombardment on the northern edge of the enclave where their main offensive has been taking place since the beginning of last month.
Lebanon counts more than 50 dead in Israeli raids
More than 50 people died in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including Beirut, on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry, with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz saying his country would continue to act “with determination” against Hezbollah.
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Before dawn, residents of Beirut woke up to the sound of large explosions, after Israeli strikes destroyed a building in the Basta district, in the heart of Beirut, causing a huge crater.
After a year of cross-border violence and after having weakened Hamas in incessantly bombed Gaza, Israel moved the heart of the fighting to Lebanon by launching an intense bombing campaign from September 23 on Hezbollah strongholds. Since October 8, 2023, more than 3,670 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Health, most since September 23.
Israel investigating fate of missing Israeli in Emirates
Israel is investigating the fate of a citizen of dual Israeli and Moldovan nationality, who has been missing for two days in the United Arab Emirates, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said on Saturday, citing a possible lead “ terrorist ».
“Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen, emissary (of the Hasidic movement) Chabad Lubavitch, has disappeared since Thursday, November 21,” Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
“Since his disappearance, and given the information suggesting that it was a terrorist (episode), an active investigation is underway,” they added. No details were provided to support this “terrorist” lead.
