The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan on Friday said that two attackers who were killed by the Israeli army after crossing the border were members of the Islamist group.
The attackers were "members of the group and always participated in events in solidarity with Gaza and in support of the resistance", Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Moath al-Khawaldeh told AFP.
Two soldiers, one of whom a reservist, were lightly wounded in an exchange of fire with the attackers, the Israeli army said, as forces were searching the area "due to the suspicion of the presence of an additional terrorist".
Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has fought Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023 attack, called the attack from Jordan "a significant development in the ongoing battle".
The Qatar-based leadership of Hamas praised the shooting attack "targeting soldiers of the Zionist occupation army", adding in a statement that it "confirms" the continued Arab support for their cause.
It came just hours after Israel confirmed its forces in Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7 attack.
Last month, a Jordanian gunman killed three Israeli guards at Jordan's border crossing with the occupied West Bank -- the first such attack since the 1990s.
With AFP
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