TWO SHOT DEAD AT ISRAELI EMBASSY IN AMMAN

Two Jordanian men were shot dead and an Israeli man wounded near the Israeli embassy in Amman last night. Jordan's public security directorate said the two men had entered a residential building in the embassy's heavily fortified compound to carry out carpentry work before the incident. A statement did not say what triggered the shooting, which initially wounded three people, or who was responsible.

Two Jordanians later died, including a doctor living in the building, according to the Hala Akhbar news site. Reports in local media said the Israeli man was in an "unstable" condition in hospital, with large numbers of security personnel deployed at the scene. There was no immediate confirmation from Israeli authorities because of a gagging order imposed by the government.