The shooting came after new security measures near the entrance of the al-Aqsa mosque Mahmoud Illean/Associated PressTwo Jordanian men were killed and an Israeli seriously wounded in a shooting yesterday at the Israeli embassy compound in Amman. The Israeli government imposed a reporting ban following the incident, but further details were leaked by the country’s foreign ministry later. Officials in Amman said the men, one of whom was a workman, were shot dead by a security guard at a residential building used by embassy staff following a confrontation. Two workmen, one of whom was 17 years old, entered the building to replace furniture before one of them reportedly attacked the guard with his screwdriver. The foreign ministry confirmed that the security guard was…

Source: The Times July 24, 2017 07:52 UTC