An Israel Defense Force patrol opened fire Thursday on two potential infiltrators from Jordan, apparently hitting one of them. Both infiltrators got away, and there were no Israeli casualties.
It was the second incident this week near the Jordanian border.
According to the IDF, the patrol spotted two suspected infiltrators approaching the border fence from the Jordanian side near Kibbutz Gesher, in the Upper Jordan Valley.
The soldiers fired warning shots over the heads of the men, and when these were ignored, aimed lower.
Jordanian troops were later seen apparently conducting an investigation on their side of the line.
Last Sunday night, an IDF patrol came under fire from across the Jordanian border near El-Hamma, south of the Beit She’an Valley. There were no casualties.
A subsequent search yielded no clue to the identity of the assailants.
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