Jordan's Lower House on Wednesday asked the government to expel Israeli ambassador in Amman and recall Jordanian ambassador in Israel, in protest against the killing of a Jordanian judge by Israeli soldiers, local media reported.

The Lower House said if the government fails to meet its demand at next Tuesday's session, it will give a vote of no confidence in the government against Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour.

According to Jordan's constitution, if a majority of Lower House members give a vote of no confidence, the government, including the prime minister and all other ministers, will be automatically dismissed.

Raed Zeiter, a 38-year-old Jordanian judge, was on his way to visit his Palestinian family in Nablus on Monday when he was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the Allenby Bridge terminal connecting Jordan and the West Bank.

Earlier Tuesday the Jordanian prime minister said the Israeli government is responsible for the killing of Zeiter. The Israeli prime minister's office said it regretted the death of the judge.

Conflicting reports on the incident had triggered tensions between Israel and Jordan.

The Israeli Defense Forces said Tuesday that Zeiter tried to get a soldier's weapon and the soldier "felt his life was in danger." Zeiter was first shot in his lower torso and then shot again after he allegedly attacked a soldier with an iron rod.

But Jordanian media quoted a witness as saying that a soldier pushed Zeiter, which led to a quarrel that ended in the killing of Zeiter by the soldier's shot. The witness noted that Zeiter never tried to steal the soldier's weapons.

Protests over the incident ensued in Jordan. Protesters even called to annul the 1994 peace agreement between Israel and Jordan.