Overview

• Palestinian and Jordanian authorities said the Allenby/Al Karameh crossing will be closed in both directions from Wednesday until further notice.
• The crossing is the West Bank’s only international land exit that does not require transit through Israel and serves both passengers and commercial traffic.
• Israeli officials said a Jordanian driving a humanitarian aid truck shot and killed two Israeli soldiers at the site last week before being fatally shot.
• IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir ordered a suspension of humanitarian deliveries to Gaza via the crossing until the attack investigation concludes.
• Geolocated imagery shows Israeli tanks operating in multiple areas of Gaza City after evacuation orders, and the IDF told CNN about 640,000 people have left the city, a figure that could not be independently verified.