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The Allenby Bridge (Hebrew: גשר אלנבי, romanized: Gesher Allenby), known officially in Jordan as the King Hussein Bridge (Arabic: جسر الملك حسين, romanized: Jisr al-Malek Hussein), is a bridge that crosses the Jordan River near the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the town of Al-Karameh in Jordan.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “a terrorist approached the area of the Allenby Bridge from Jordan in a truck, exited the truck, and opened fire at the Israeli security forces operating at ...
The Allenby Bridge, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, is located a few kilometers east of Jericho. [6] It connects the Israeli-occupied West Bank with Jordan, and has seen a number of violent incidents. The crossing primarily serves Palestinians and foreigners, with Israelis generally prohibited from using it. [3]
NEAR ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, West Bank (Reuters) -A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Battle of Karameh Part of the War of Attrition and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict King Hussein after checking an abandoned Israeli Centurion tank Date 21 March 1968 Location Karameh, Jordan 31°57′00″N 35°34′48″E / 31.95000°N 35.58000°E / 31.95000; 35.58000 Result Both ...
Allenby Bridge: Jordan – West Bank: −381 m (−1,250 ft) lowest fixed water crossing in the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan: 3: Neot HaKikar: Israel: −345 m (−1,132 ft) Israeli town just south of the Dead Sea.
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The Jordan Lake Dam (also known as the B. Everett Jordan Project and the New Hope Dam) is located at 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from the mouth of the Haw River in the upper Cape Fear River drainage Completed in 1974 by the Nello L. Teer Company , it is 1,330 feet (410 m) in length and has a top elevation of 266.5 feet (81.2 m) above mean sea level.