WEST BANK: Israel returns body of Palestinian killed at Jordan crossing

Record ID: 565036

  • Title: WEST BANK: Israel returns body of Palestinian killed at Jordan crossing
  • Date: 10th March 2014
  • Summary: JERICHO, WEST BANK (MARCH 10, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING AT THE PALESTINIAN SIDE OF THE 'ALLENBY CROSSING' WITH JORDAN SIGN READING IN ARABIC 'BORDER AND PASSAGE' PARAMEDICS AND PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES CARRYING BODY FROM AMBULANCE VARIOUS OF MILITARY FUNERAL AT BORDER PALESTINIAN FLAG BODY OF, RAED ALAA EL-DEEN ZA'EITER, WRAPPED BY PALESTINIAN FLAG BODY TRANSFERRED INTO AMBULANCE TO BE TAKEN TO WEST BANK CITY OF NABLUS VEHICLES AT CROSSING
  • Embargoed: 25th March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVABEG59LN00AGKZF70NNC3CRWWT
  • Story Text: Israel transferred the body of a Palestinian judge from Jordan shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Monday (March 10) in an altercation at a crossing point between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
    The Israeli military said the man had tried to seize a soldier's gun at the Allenby bridge, which spans the Jordan River, and that troops had then shot him.
    The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank city of Ramallah condemned what it called the "shooting at close range" by Israeli troops. It demanded an investigation, as did Jordan.
    A statement from Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah's office identified the man as Raed Alaa el-Deen Za'eiter, 38, a West Bank-born judge working in Jordan.
    An Israeli military official said the army was checking reports about the man's identity.
    Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh met an Israeli diplomat in Amman after the incident and condemned the killing, Jordan's state news agency Petra reported. Judeh called on Israel to investigate and to inform Jordan of the result. The two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994.
    Israel, which captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war, operates a transit terminal for Palestinians and foreigners at the Allenby bridge, known in Jordan as the King Hussein bridge. A crossing for Israelis is further south.
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