On Friday (October 23, 2026), Jordanian King Abdullah II threatened the perpetrators of the “terrorist act” in Karak Governorate with “the most severe punishments,” after a shooting at a church resulted in the deaths of seven people and the injury of 34 others.
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The Jordanian Al-Mamlaka channel quoted Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya as saying, during a press conference in Karak Governorate, that “Jordan is facing a terrorist operation carried out by a group of extremists.”
According to the latest Public Security toll published by the official Petra News Agency, seven people were killed in the attack, and 34 others were injured.
Jordanian law enforcement authorities said that gunmen opened fire inside a church.
The shooting occurred inside a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) south of the capital, Amman.
Jordanian government spokesman, Muhammad Al-Momani, said in a statement that the security services are investigating the shooting incident.
Karak is inhabited by a Christian minority.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday (October 23, 2026) that a large-scale military operation is being prepared in the occupied West Bank, including the deportation of residents from Hebron, following an attack carried out by two Palestinian gunmen that resulted in the killing of two Israeli army members. The attack, which took place at a checkpoint near the Palestinian city in the south of the West Bank, resulted in three other soldiers being injured. The two attackers were killed in an exchange of fire with the army.
On a visit to Hebron after the attack, Netanyahu said that Israeli forces “will enter the neighborhood from which the two terrorists emerged, evacuate the residents, move from one house to another, and destroy the terrorists’ infrastructure.”
He added, according to his office, “The Minister of Defense and I are studying a large-scale army operation in Judea and Samaria (the Israeli name for the West Bank), the likes of which has not been witnessed since the Six-Day War.”
He continued, "The Israeli army is fully prepared to implement it, and we will determine its date. It is under preparation."
The Israeli Prime Minister indicated that the army will apply a model previously used in refugee camps in the northern West Bank.
This comes days before the general elections scheduled for October 27 in Israel.
Reuters news agency reported, based on data from the London Stock Exchange Group, on Friday (October 23, 2026), that a tanker flying the Maltese flag and carrying a shipment of 40,000 tons of Russian diesel was heading towards New York following an agreement announced by US President Donald Trump.
Russia agreed to lift a ban it imposed on diesel exports in order to supply global markets, including the United States, in an effort to reduce fuel prices following an agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (October 22, 2026) accused Tehran of deliberately raising oil prices ahead of the midterm elections, after the Revolutionary Guard threatened earlier in the day to expand the scope of the regional war.
Trump confirmed on his "Truth Social" platform that Iran is "doing everything in its power to raise oil prices ahead of the midterm elections."
Earlier today, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard threatened to target American bases in the Middle East if the American army continued to accompany ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
The World Health Organization announced today, Thursday (October 22, 2026), that at least 1,500 people were killed and more than 6,900 others were injured as a result of the latest waves of violence in Yemen, which were renewed last August.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati stressed on Thursday (October 22, 2026) the necessity of reaching a political solution that puts an end to the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Houthis supported by Iran.
Six informed sources reported today, Thursday (October 22, 2026), that the giant Saudi oil company Aramco has asked its employees to vacate its headquarters in Dhahran and work remotely.
The Saudi-led military coalition announced on Thursday the interception and destruction of a drone in the Riyadh region, and the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation also announced that the number of deaths as a result of the attack that targeted King Fahd International Airport in Dammam had risen to two.
