Israel releases from prison Jordanian convicted of bus bombing

Abdullah Abu Jaber was the longest-serving Jordanian in Israeli prisons. Two other Jordanians were released for less serious offenses.
Palestinian-Jordanian Abdullah Abu Jaber, who was jailed in Israel after planting a bomb on a bus that wounded 13 civilians in 2000, is welcomed by his family upon his release at the Sheikh Hussein Crossing between Jordan and Israel on June 8, 2021.
Palestinian-Jordanian Abdullah Abu Jaber, who was jailed in Israel after planting a bomb on a bus that wounded 13 civilians in 2000, is welcomed by his family upon his release at the Sheikh Hussein Crossing between Jordan and Israel on June 8, 2021. - KHALIL MAZRAAWI/afp/AFP via Getty Images
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Israel released a Jordanian citizen from prison on Tuesday.

Abdullah Abu Jaber served 20 years in prison after planting a bomb on an Israeli bus in Tel Aviv in 2000 that injured several people. He came to Israel from Jordan to work following the 1994 peace agreement between the two states. Jaber was the longest-serving Jordanian in an Israeli prison and returned to Jordan on Tuesday upon the completion of his prison sentence, Reuters reported.

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