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Justin Salhani

Why has Israel closed the West Bank’s crossing with Jordan?

Israeli police investigate after a truck driver opened fire at the <span>King Hussein</span> (Allenby) Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank [Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images]

The only crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank – the King Hussein Bridge, also known as the Allenby Bridge – has been closed by Israel.

Israel also closed two of its own crossings with Jordan on Sunday: the Wadi Araba Crossing, or Yitzhak Rabin Crossing, near Eilat, Israel, and Aqaba, Jordan, both on the Red Sea, and the Jordan River Crossing near Beit She’an, Israel, and Irbid, Jordan.

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