A responsible military source in the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces stated, on Friday, that there is no truth to what is being circulated through the Hebrew media that Jordanian soldiers crossed the western borders of Jordan, according to the Jordanian News Agency.

The source explained that the Jordanian Armed Forces are following developments, stressing the necessity of receiving information from their official sources and not circulating rumors and misleading news.

The Israeli army announced, on Friday, that its forces killed “two attackers who crossed from Jordan into Israeli territory” south of the Dead Sea and opened fire on the soldiers.

The army said in a statement, “Two terrorists were killed after they crossed the border from Jordan into Israeli territory south of the Dead Sea and opened fire on the soldiers.”

The army indicated that it was searching for a third attacker.

Israeli media reported that the gunmen were wearing military clothing.

A previous army statement stated that “forces were deployed at the location after the attackers crossed into Israel,” so the two attackers opened fire in their direction, and “were neutralized.”

The army most often uses the word “neutralized” to say that the attackers have been killed, or at other times if they have been arrested or if they have been injured, meaning that they are no longer capable of causing harm.

The incident comes about a month after three Israeli guards were killed at the Allenby Crossing/King Hussein Bridge between the West Bank and Jordan by bullets from a Jordanian attacker who arrived from the Kingdom, and he was shot dead by the Israeli army.

The Jordanian Ministry of Interior said in a statement at the time, “Initial investigations into the shooting incident on the other side of the King Hussein Bridge confirmed that the shooter was a Jordanian citizen.”

The attack occurred at the Allenby Bridge, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, which is a border crossing used mainly by Palestinians to travel to Jordan and from there abroad.

The crossing is managed by security guards from a private company alongside the Israeli security forces.

Friday's incident comes the day after Israel announced the killing of the head of the Hamas political bureau, Yahya Sinwar, in an operation in the Gaza Strip.

About half of Jordan's population is of Palestinian origin, and there is popular anger in the country against Israel due to the continuing war in the Gaza Strip, according to Agence France-Presse.