Jordan Court orders Israel to pay $500,000 to Jordanian driver wounded by embassy guard

Jordanian security forces are seen as they sealed off the scene and blocked entries to the area after two Jordanians were killed and an Israeli was injured in a violent incident at the Israeli embassy in Jordan on July 23, 2017. [Salah Malkawi/Anadolu Agency]

A Jordanian Court has ordered the Israeli embassy in Amman to pay $500,000 to Maher Fares Ibrahim, a Jordanian driver who had been shot, along with two Jordanians, by an embassy guard in 2017, local media outlets reported.

According to media reports, Ibrahim has filed a lawsuit against the Israeli embassy in Amman, demanding compensation for material and moral damages sustained following his injury by the Israeli embassy guard.

On 24 July, 2017, Maher was at the embassy to deliver furniture, when the embassy guard killed two Jordanians, namely Muhammad Al-Jawawdeh and Bashar Al-Hamarneh and wounded Maher, following a dispute.

At the time, the Jordanian authorities allowed the guard to leave Jordan after interrogating him.

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