The Israeli Embassy in Amman, Jordan, will be reopened to the public in the coming days and some embassy staff have already returned to their positions, Israel Public Radio reported on Tuesday.
Israel Public Radio diplomatic correspondent Gili Cohen reported on Twitter that Israel is currently still looking for an ambassador to replace former ambassador Einat Schlein.
The embassy had been closed since July, when an Israeli guard, Ziv Moyal, shot dead two Jordanians, Mohammed Jawawdeh and Bashar Hamarneh.
Israel has “strongly apologized” for the July incident and promised to compensate the victims’ families, a Jordanian government spokesman said on January 18.
The move brings to a close one of the worst crises in Jordanian-Israeli relations since the two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994.
"Israel attaches great importance to its strategic relations with Jordan, and the two countries will act to advance their cooperation and to strengthen the peace treaty between them,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Jan. 18.
Israel also promised to take “legal measures” in the case, Jordanian spokesman Mohammed Momani said, without specifying what they would be.
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