October 7 can now be seen as one shot in a larger multi-front war

A terrorist attack at the Allenby Crossing between Israel and Jordan is a serious development, illustrating the growing terror threat that is emerging in the West Bank and may also be spreading to the Kingdom of Jordan. Three people were killed in the attack on Sunday morning, September 8.

The IDF reported that the assailant exited his vehicle and opened fire at the guards in the cargo terminal, in the inspection area before crossing into Israel. The director of the crossing, Alex Chen, said the shooter was a Jordanian citizen.

The attack at the Allenby Crossing comes a week after another attack which killed three Israeli police officers near Tarkumiya, a major crossing point for trade items and workers crossing from the West Bank into Israel.

While the attacks are unlikely to be connected, both are part of the growing terror wave that crested on October 7 with the Hamas massacre. The October 7 attack can now be seen as one shot in this much larger multi-front war.

Iran is behind some of the activities designed to destabilise the Kingdom of Jordan and use it to move weapons and threats closer to Israel. Iran does this via Iraq and Syria. Iran also backs gangs in Syria that smuggle drugs.

Some 14,000 Palestinians cross the Allenby (King Hussein) crossing daily and 250,000 workers rely on the crossing to transfer goods and import raw materials for industry.

Jordan sealed their side of the border after the attack and launched an investigation, while Israel closed all land border crossings between the two countries.

Officials from Israel and Jordan were in conversation in their investigations. A Jordanian official told Reuters that authorities in Amman have launched a probe into what he described as a "shooting incident" on the Israeli side of the border crossing.