AMMAN, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Two Jordanians were killed and an Israeli was injured in a shooting Sunday in a residential building of the heavily-guarded Israeli Embassy compound in Jordan's capital, the kingdom's Public Security Department said.
Jordanians who worked for a furniture company entered the apartment building for carpentry work before the incident, said a statement released Sunday, adding that an investigation is underway. Police did not identify the wounded Israeli, and few other details were immediately released.
Police sealed off the embassy compound in the Rabar district of Amman and searched the Jordanians' car in front of the embassy.
"We have begun a large-scale investigation into the incident and ordered the prosecutor general to look at all the details," the police said in a statement.
Jordan has seen an outpouring of public anger against Israel in recent days, with officials calling on its Jewish neighbor to remove the metal detectors installed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in eastern Jerusalem.
On Friday, demonstrations across Jordan called for cutting ties with Israel, with which it shares a long border, and closing off the Israeli Embassy in Amman.
Tensions are mounting between the Jewish state and the Arab and Muslin world over metal detectors Isreal installed at the Mosque, a shrine both revered by Muslims and Jews.
Protests have since broken out in the holy site, with dozens of Muslim worshippers refused to enter the Mosque and praying outside, regarding the security checks as a "violation" of the third holiest site in Islam.
Last Friday, three Israeli Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces inside the Mosque compound, after two Israeli officers were killed in an attack.
Israel reopened the compound on Sunday with the introduction of metal detectors and security checks installed at its entry points.
Israel said on Sunday it would not remove the metal detectors, but could eventually reduce their use.
The Arab League said on Sunday that "Israel is playing with fire and is igniting a big crisis with the Arab and Muslim world because of its measures in Jerusalem."
The escalation in tensions has triggered international alarm and prompted the United Nations Security Council to convene a meeting Monday to seek ways of calming the situation.
Jordan, which oversees the holy Islamic and Christian sites in East Jerusalem including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
A multitude of Jordan's 7 million citizens are of Palestinian origin. They, their parents or grandparents fled to Jordan during the fighting accompanying the creation of Israel in 1948.
