The attacker was shot dead by israeli security forces. The incident happened at the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought to have been private security personnel. Been private security prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking about it. The killers do not distinguish between us. They want to murder as all between us. They want to murder as all till between us. They want to murder as all till the last one, right and as all till the last one, right and left, as all till the last one, right and left, secular and jewish. What and left, secular and jewish. What pretends the elimination of our what pretends the elimination of our people as in the past as the strength of the state of israel the strength of the state of israel and the strength of the Israel Israel and the strength of the Israel Defense forces. It comes amid high regional tension. Overnight, there were Missile Exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group, hezbollah with a number of
And sent his condolences to the victims families. The attacker reported to be a jordanian Truck Driver was shot dead by israeli security forces. The incident happened at the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought to have been private security personnel. Jordan has launched an investigation into the shootings. Jordan and israel signed a Peace Treaty in 1994 and have close security and economic ties, but diplomatic relations have been strained. Lets hear from an eyewitness who was at the crossing at the time of the attack. Translation we were sitting and standing at the checkpoint| waiting for our turn after the bus in front of us was searched. There was a bus and a truck in front of us. A man got out and he carried out the shooting. Thank God Nothing happened to us, or nothing happened to us or the passengers, but the Truck Drivers were put on the ground. We bus passengers didnt know what to do. We were panicking. Mike thomson is our our correpondent injerusalem.
Andy beshear, acknowledged the incident on x warning people to avoid the scene. We ll bring you more details as they come. More than 100,000 people joined protests across france on saturday, over president macron s appointment of right wing politician, michel barnier, as the new prime minister. It follows mr macron s rejection of a candidate presented by the left wing bloc that won the most seats in a recent election. Mr barnier is the european union s former brexit negotiator and says he is open to forming a government with mps across the political spectrum, including on the left. But left wing parties, trade unions, and many voters are furious that mr macron blocked their own candidate. There were 130 protests across the country. Paris drew the largest crowds, but there were major demonstrations in marseille, nantes, nice and strasbourg. Protesters said president macron has made a mockery of those who successfully mobilised against the french far right in snap parliamentary elect