Jordanians protest against Israel at funeral of shot teenager

The father of Mohammad Jawawdah is hugged at his son's funeral in Amman, Jordan July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

AMMAN (Reuters) - Several thousand Jordanians urged their government on Tuesday to close the Israeli embassy in Amman and scrap an unpopular peace treaty during the funeral of a young Jordanian shot dead by an Israeli security guard in the embassy.

Dozens of demonstrators chanted "No to an Israeli embassy or ambassador on Jordanian land" and called for a jihad (holy struggle) as they carried the coffin of Mohammad Jawawdah, 16, to his burial place in a cemetery in the capital.