The Israeli occupation army said the gunman approached the crossing, which Israel calls the Allenby Bridge, from the Jordanian side in a truck and opened fire at Israeli security forces, who killed the assailant in a shootout. It said the three people killed were Israeli civilians.

Following the shooting , Israeli authorities closed the King Hussein Bridge (Karama/Allenby Crossing), according to WAFA news agency.

Nathmi Muhanna, Director General of the Palestinian Border and Crossings Authority, informed WAFA that traffic at the bridge, which connects the West Bank with Jordan, has been completely halted.

There are no further details available on when the crossing will resume operations.

Meanwhile, Jordanian Interior Ministry said that official authorities are investigating the shooting incident that took place on the other side of King Hussein Bridge.

A Jordanian security source to Al Jazeera that the Bridge closed in both directions until further notice.

In the meantime, Israeli occupation forces intensified their restrictions at the military checkpoint located at the eastern entrance of Jericho, near the Jordanian-Palestinian border.

The Israeli-occupied West Bank has seen a surge of violence since the war on Gaza began. Israeli troops or terrorist Israeli settlers have killed at least 690 Palestinians in the West Bank since then, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

International pressure on Israel to end its aggression on the occupied West Bank was further underlined by Friday's fatal killing by Israel of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was demonstrating against Israeli colonial settlements in the Palestinian territory.

Eygi's killing came on the day Israeli occupation forces withdrew from a deadly 10-day raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, after killing dozens of Palestinians and leaving a trail of destruction.

Israeli settlements in the West Bank -- where about 490,000 colonial settlers live -- are illegal under international law.