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, is seeking compensation from Amman, the man’s son, Ram, tells Channel 12 news.
Harosh, a reservist in the Civil Administration from Jerusalem, was killed alongside Sgt. Oran Hershko, 20, a liaison officer with foreign forces in the IDF’s Tevel international cooperation unit, from Tel Mond.
The family is urging the Foreign Ministry to pressure the Jordanian government to pay compensation for the attack.
In a statement to Channel 12, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar promises to “continue to act on the matter.”
Ram Harosh notes that in a reverse situation, Israel has 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.
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