a heavy Israeli security presence and advanced military technology could not prevent this attack coming through Jordan a truck driver opened fire at Israeli guards at the almb Crossing the only border controll between the occupied West Bank and Jordan a rare assault causing panic and raising a lot of questions it is a difficult day a vile terrorist cold-bloodedly murdered three of our citizens on behalf of the government and myself I send condolences to the families of the victims we are besieged by a murderous ideology led by Iran's Access of Evil after the shooting the Israeli airports authorities closed all other land Crossings with Jordan the gunman a Jordanian citizen not only did the attacker manage to smuggle a weapon into a highly secure highly militarized area but he also managed to kill three people this is considered a major Israeli security failure the Israeli Army published a picture of the weapon it said the shooter used investigations are underway into how security systems at multiple checkpoints inside failed to detect the attacker before he opened fire without their own airport thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank cross alen on a daily basis their only gateway to the rest of the world dozens of trucks cross from Jordan every day sometimes to Israel most travelers to and from the occupied West Bank were sent back one of them is Ramis s a student about to start his second year at a university in Cyprus we're some of the few people in the world who can't travel somewhere on the same day we have to leave a couple days before so we can guarantee we catch our planes our plane departs from Jordan on the 10th and now we have no idea if we'll make it there on time the shooting comes days after Israeli forces ended a 10day military operation in the northern part of the occupied West Bank described as the largest Israeli assault in more than two decades it destroyed homes roads and infrastructure in the cities of ginine tarim and tobas since the war on Gaza began 11 months ago a few attempts to cross into the occupied West Bank from Jordan were stopped this time though the attack shook the Israeli security establishment escalating tensions in a region already on edge nid ibraim Al jaaz the occupied West Bank Palestine make sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest news from Al jazer