Israeli army 'shot at from Jordan'

Israeli army 'shot at from Jordan'

Israeli troops have also been shot at on their country's border with Syria [AFP] The Israeli army has said that troops guarding its border with Jordan has been fired at from inside the Arab nation. No one was hurt in the attack on Tuesday, an Israeli army spokesperson said. "Troops were fired upon from the Jordanian side of the border. It was unclear who the gunmen were," the spokesperson said However, witnesses told Al Jazeera Arabic that the assailant had crossed the Jordanian border at the Wadi Araba crossing and opened fire at the Israeli patrol from outside the Jordanian territories. Other sources said that four Israeli soldiers were injured, one seriously, in the shooting. There was no immediate comment from Jordan. The alleged attack comes 18 days into Israel's Gaza offensive and after sporadic attacks from within Israel's Arab neighbours. Shots were fired at an Israeli army vehicle from Syria along the border on Sunday. No one was hurt, but it was the second such attack on the Israel-Syria border since the start of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip. On January 8 four Katyusha rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into the northern Israeli city of Nahariya. Israel and Jordan signed a peace agreement in 1994 and the border is usually quiet.

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