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Body of Allenby Bridge attacker returned to Jordan, funeral to be held today

By Gianluca Pacchiani 17 September 2024, 1:13 pm 2 Edit

Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

In a terse statement, Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that it received the body of Maher al-Jazi, the Jordanian citizen who carried out a shooting attack at the Allenby Bridge Crossing on September 8, in which three Israeli citizens were killed.

The statement does not mention that al-Jazi was killed by Israeli security forces after carrying out a deadly terror attack, and merely says that he “passed away recently.”

Al-Jazi’s funeral is due to be held today in the Ma’an governorate, in south-east Jordan.

Jordanian media share images from inside the al-Hussayniya mosque where the ceremony will take place, showing worshipers that have gathered in waiting and chanting a popular slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The ministry’s official spokesperson, Ambassador Sufian Al-Qudah, tells Jordanian state press agency Petra News that Amman is working to secure the release of two Jordanian citizens who were detained at the Allenby bridge crossing following the attack, Musleh Al-Awdat and Hussein Al-Naimat.

Their detention was not reported by Israeli authorities.

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