Family of reservist killed in Allenby Crossing attack seeks compensation from Jordan

Yitzhak Harosh’s son working with Foreign Ministry to exert pressure on Hashemite Kingdom after September attack, notes Israel did the same in a reverse situation

By ToI Staff 1 February 2026, 10:27 pm

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Lt. Col. (res.) Yitzhak Harosh, who was killed in an attack at Allenby Crossing, September 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

The family of Lt. Col. (res.) Yitzhak Harosh, 68, who was killed in a shooting and stabbing attack by a Jordanian truck driver at the Allenby Crossing in September 2025, is seeking compensation from Amman, the man’s son said Sunday.

Harosh, a reservist in the Civil Administration from Jerusalem, was killed alongside 20-year-old Sgt. Oran Hershko, a liaison officer with foreign forces in the IDF’s Tevel international cooperation unit, from Tel Mond.

Harosh’s son, Ram, told Channel 12 news that the family is urging the Foreign Ministry to pressure the Jordanian government into paying compensation for the attack.

In a statement to the outlet, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar promised to “continue to act on the matter.”

The Jordanian attacker, Abd al-Muttalib al-Qaisi, had been driving a Gaza-bound aid truck through the border crossing. He opened fire on troops, then disembarked and stabbed the two soldiers repeatedly after his gun apparently jammed. Security guards at the scene opened fire on the attacker, killing him on the spot.

The Jordanian foreign ministry “condemned and rejected” the attack in a statement. No terror group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Qaisi’s body was discreetly returned to his family by Israeli authorities in December, without a formal announcement on the handover.

View of the road leading to the Allenby Crossing on September 24, 2025, a week after it was closed by Israeli authorities following a stabbing and shooting attack. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Ram Harosh noted that, in a reverse situation, Israel paid compensation to the families of two people shot dead by an Israeli embassy guard in 2017, and a Jordanian judge killed in a 2014 incident.

He was referring to $5 million that Israel paid in 2018 in a bid to smooth over a diplomatic crisis sparked by the former incident, in which guard Ziv Moyal shot two Jordanians dead after one allegedly attacked him.

In the shooting’s wake, all diplomatic staff, including then-ambassador Einat Schelin, were forced to return to Israel. The compensation, paid to the Jordanian government and then transferred to the three bereaved families, helped to restore diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Amman.

Noam Lehmann contributed to this report.