Jordan foils one operation against Israel, two killed, two detained from one family

The Jordanian authorities announced that it foiled yesterday a Palestinian operation against one Jewish settlement close to the northern borders of Jordan and killed two gunmen and detained other two from one family that do not belong to any of the known organizations.

One Israeli military spokesman said yesterday that one Israeli soldier was slightly injured in the northern of the Jordan Valley in a fire exchange. The Israeli army radio said the bullet was fired from the Jordanian territories.

Official source in Amman said that the Jordanian border forces killed yesterday morning unidentified gunmen during a bloody confrontation that lasted for three and a half hours in Qaqqas area in the northern part of the Jordan valley ( 60 Km to the north west of Amman ) noting that a third gunman was injured in the clashes and the fourth was arrested and he is being interrogated.

The spokeswoman for the Jordanian government Asmaa al-Khuder said in statements quoted by the Jordanian news agency ( Petra) said " four gunmen tried to sneak from the Western part of the Jordan river in Waqqas area in northern Aghwar and were discovered by one of our patrols and clashed with them." Security sources said that preliminary investigation indicated that the four men are of Palestinian origin and belong to one family and had planned to attack one Jewish settlements near the Jordanian borders. The sources added that gunmen not connected to any of the well-organizations and that investigations were opened to the incident." Jordan which signed a peace treat with Israel in 1994, and so far announced foiling several sneaking attempts carried out by gunmen to the Palestinian territories since the eruption of the Palestinian Intifada in September, 2000..