From Two soldiers slain in Allenby attack named
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Lt. Col. (res.) Yitzhak Harosh and Sgt. Oran Hershko, who were killed in an attack at Allenby Crossing, September 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Two IDF soldiers were killed in the attack at Allenby Crossing between Jordan and the West Bank earlier today, the military announces.
The slain soldiers are named as: Lt. Col. (res.) Yitzhak Harosh, 68, a reservist in the Civil Administration, and Sgt. Oran Hershko, 20, a liaison officer with foreign forces in the IDF’s Tevel international cooperation unit.
Harosh was from Jerusalem and Hershko hailed from Tel Mond.
In the attack, a Jordanian driving a truck carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip opened fire and then stabbed the two victims to death.
The attacker was killed by security forces at the scene.
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