Allenby

[ al-uhn-bee ]

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noun

Edmund Henry Hyn·man [hin, -m, uh, n], 1st Viscount, 1861–1936, British field marshal: commander of British forces in Egypt in World War I and conqueror of Jerusalem (1917).

Allenby

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AllenbyEdmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount Allenby18611936MBritishMILITARY: general Edmund Henry Hynman , 1st Viscount. 1861–1936, British field marshal who captured Palestine and Syria from the Turks in 1918; high commissioner in Egypt (1919–25)

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First the convoy must go through Israeli customs at the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge border crossing.

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On Sunday, three Israeli security guards were shot dead by a Jordanian lorry driver at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.

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The Allenby Bridge, where Sunday’s deadly shooting took place, is the only crossing connecting the West Bank with Jordan.

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The Allenby Bridge crossing point, also known as the King Hussein crossing, is the only one with Jordan that leads into the Israeli-occupied West Bank, near the desert city of Jericho.

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A Facebook account linked to this number belongs to a Tali Dahan, with a status that suggests she worked for the Israeli police at the Allenby Bridge border crossing nearby.

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