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Israeli army 'shot at from Jordan'
Israeli troops have also been shot at on their country's border with Syria [AFP]

The Israeli army has said that troops guarding its border with Jordan have been fired at from across the border.

No one was hurt in the attack on Tuesday, an Israeli army spokesperson said.

"Troops were fired upon from the Jordanian side of the border. It was unclear who the gunmen were," the spokesperson said 

However, witnesses told Al Jazeera that the assailant had crossed the Jordanian border at the Wadi Araba crossing and opened fire at the Israeli patrol from outside the Jordanian territories.

Other sources said that four Israeli soldiers were injured, one seriously, in the shooting.

Denial

But the Jordanian Petra news agency quoted an unnamed military source as saying that no shots had been fired from Jordan.

The alleged attack comes 18 days into Israel's Gaza offensive and after sporadic attacks from within Israel's Arab neighbours.

Shots were fired at an Israeli army vehicle from Syria along the border on Sunday.

No one was hurt, but it was the second such attack on the Israel-Syria border since the start of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip.

On January 8 four Katyusha rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into the northern Israeli city of Nahariya.

Israel and Jordan signed a peace agreement in 1994 and the border is usually quiet.

 Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
 
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Obvious
Great Britain (UK)
13/01/2009
Well, who wouldnt fire at them. with the current war it is not suprising that the neigbouring countries are taking up arms. I would expect actually full military depolyment to be the case. It is a disgrace that troops have not come to aid.

Haq
United States
13/01/2009
Israeli Aramy Short at
The United States is supporting Israel in all aspects! The United Nations organization is impotent and should be disolved. Money spent on its budget be directly given to people in need. The Arab World who are just enjoying luxury lives and look the other way shaefully, should unite and stop the zionist regime from slaughtering innoncent people of Palestine. It is about time.

Rajab
Tanzania
13/01/2009
Shot from Jordan
Yes this need to be done immidiatley from all Muslim leaders, open your barracks for the army to help their fellow Muslims of palestine,or else this muslim rullers must be removed now. We have come to know these rullers are the puppet of the US and the West

Jens
Germany
13/01/2009
Both sides are to blame
If Israel is defeated, probably, the radical Islam movement would push the borders of terror towards Europe and so on.. Just imagine a Hamas controlled Palestine! I mean these people knew that Israel will react this way and they are the ones that blessed children dressed in their green army suits and wearing real weapons, hugging and kissing them. Now the same people act like they wouldn´t want this war. Hamas in fact needs this cruelty to gain power and the leaders provoked it on purpose!

Scott
United States
13/01/2009
OldSchool
Why not just get this over with old school style. Put down the rockets and tanks and guns. Get swords, axes, spears, arrows and settle this old school style? Just get out there, take revenge, hack slice, give in to your anger! Just somebody. please win this damned conmflict already. This makes the hundred years war look like ninety! What I don't get is that Arba/ Muslim countries keep themselves in the dark ages socially, but want all this modern war equipment? Choose one or the other.

shujaa mganga
United States
13/01/2009
zionist shot at
of course it's imposible to take zionist propaganda as truth but if there was some shooting, good. every Arab should be shooting at them. because they should be aware of the fact that with continued u.s. support, the zionist mission is not to just to exterminate the Palestinians but total and complete control of the middle east region. a move that the u.s. supports and encourages... the zionists play an important role in the u.s. quest for gobal domination.

gazala
United Kingdom
13/01/2009
should be shot at from every angel
to Billy from U.S what rubbish! Aljazeera is NOT one sided but is telling the the truth of the side no other media channel (Except press) is talking about. typical of an american to say that, everything has to be white washed for you to accept as the truth. why is the number of dead Gazan's reported on CBS, FOX, SKY etc so low compared to Aljazeera and why dont we see the horrific pictures of the dead and injured on these channels? not because they cant but because they dont want to!

Frank Knight
United Kingdom
13/01/2009
MOSSAD
I would not at all be suprised if MOSSAD were behind these alleged attacks to try and trump up 'poor old Jews' syndrome once again. The Arabs are puppet goverments not wanting to stir any issues with there 'democratic!!' impearilistic, terrorist, zionist, expansionists neighbours. Bring back Sultan Salhuddin....

Ikhwan
Afghanistan
13/01/2009
Israeli army shot at from Jordan
I'm not surprised this is happened. Israel are not only attacking the military or militants facilities but destroying public facilities of innocence civillians. If they say, they have right for sake of their people. So, it also give the right for others to do whatever it takes to fight them back for the sake of Palestine innocence civilians.

Hatim
Turkey
13/01/2009
Israeli army shot at from Jordan
If 'Arabs' were really Arabs, the brave people who fought and conquered lands under the banner of Islam ages ago, they would not allow something called Israel to exist. Alas!

Joe Florida
United States
13/01/2009
Israeli Army shot at from Jordan
Great! I wish all the Arab and Muslim states would use the occasion to synchronize a major attack on the murderous zionist regime and show their support for the Palestinian vicitms!

honey
United States
13/01/2009
Jordan & israel
Nothing that comes out of Israeli camp is to be believed anymore. Israel is trying very hard to pull in Lebanon & Iran. Israel is never to be trusted again, after the extermination that it has created on the Palestinians.

Billy
United States
13/01/2009
Aljazeera is one sided
Start telling the whole truth about how the zionists stole the land of Palestine. How the zionists are required to join the military, and really dont have civilian status but invader status. I'm tired of your employees at aljazeera of imitating western though. Stop being so dam fearfull

dennis
South Africa
13/01/2009
Killing Judism
The present Israeli's are killing their own Jewish descendants i.e the Palestians who originate from the Jews of the old testament , Israel is busy losing its Jewish soul and dying , it replacing it with a 20th century European Zionist colonial one , a Palestian has more Jewish blood than a most of the European Zionist Jews now that make up most of Israeli society

Bassem Nammari
United States
13/01/2009
Coward Arabs
Complicate with the murders taking place in Gaza, the rulers of the so called “moderate” Arab states should be ashamed of themselves… Israel’s hatred of Palestinians is well known, America’s direct support of Israel’s hatred is well known, and now the cowardice of the Arab leaders is well known. May God have pity on your self-righteous souls. Washington DC, USA

fahad
United Kingdom
13/01/2009
isreal is digging its own grave. They think they can use hitlers techniques upon the muslims. you can't suppress the muslims like they were suppressed by the germans

Thyme
United Kingdom
13/01/2009
Israeli army shot at from Jordan
Obvious You are right. After attacking civilians, who will not want to fire Israel. There wont be any peace, unless Israel is wiped out from the face of the earth. Because of them these Muslims are attacking western countries. W.Bush encouraging them to fight, GOD since he was soooo unpopular in the world.

 
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