A driver bringing humanitarian aid from Jordan for the Gaza Strip has opened fire and killed two Israeli military personnel at the Allenby Crossing into the West Bank before being killed by security forces, authorities from both countries say.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for what Israel denounced as a "terror attack" at the only gateway for Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Jordan.

"The driver accused of the operation is Abdul Mutalib al-Qaisi, born in 1968. He is a civilian who began working as a driver delivering aid to Gaza three months ago," Jordan's foreign ministry said.

Israel's ambulance service said the two Israelis succumbed to their wounds while the attacker was shot dead by security personnel.

Jordan said an investigation would be opened, c

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