Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV channel reports that Jordan is seeking to deport convicted terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, who orchestrated the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem that killed 15 people.
Tamimi was sentenced to 16 life sentences for her role in the bombing, but was among the more than 1,000 Palestinian security prisoners released in 2011 in exchange for captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
She has resided in Jordan since her release, as the Hashemite Kingdom has ruled that she cannot be extradited to the US, despite a 2017 indictment in a US federal court due to the murder of two US civilians in the Sbarro pizzeria attack.
The FBI has placed a $5 million bounty on her head.
It is unclear why Jordan is reportedly considering the move now, after years of resisting calls for her extradition, and the report does not say where she would be deported to.
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