Jerusalem ( CNN ) -- The Israeli ambassador to Jordan has returned to Amman a day after security concerns pushed officials to send much of the embassy staff home early , an Israeli foreign ministry spokeswoman said Friday . All but a skeleton staff at the Israeli Embassy in Amman went home due to security concerns Thursday . Staffers typically travel between Amman and Israel every Friday and Saturday , but they were sent home a day early this week after last week 's ransacking of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo by protesters and plans for anti-Israel protests this week in Amman . The turnout for Thursday 's demonstration in the Jordanian capital , however , was small and the Israeli ambassador returned Friday . The full embassy staff is expected to be back at work Sunday in Amman . Anti-Israel expressions and demonstrations have been taking place in Amman recently . A Facebook page calling for a million-man protest to close the Israeli Embassy in Amman has more than 3,000 people signed up as `` attending '' the event . Also , protesters against Jordan 's ties with Israel have been gathering every Thursday outside an Amman mosque for more than a year . Those who organize the gatherings refer to themselves as the jama'at al-Kalouti , which means `` the group of the Kalouti , '' named after the mosque near the Israeli Embassy in western Amman . The protesters are calling for the closure of the embassy , the expulsion of the ambassador and annulment of the 1994 peace treaty that established diplomatic relations between Jordan and Israel . On Thursday night , about 400 people gathered outside the mosque , according to Petra , Jordan 's state-run news agency . Eyewitnesses reported that security was increased around the already-fortified embassy in the western part of Amman in anticipation of the protest . More than half of Jordan 's 6.5 million residents are of Palestinian origin . On September 9 , an estimated 3,000 Egyptian protesters tore down a wall surrounding the building that houses the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and entered its offices , tossing papers bearing Hebrew writing from the windows and into the streets . Egyptians have been angry about the killing last month of five Egyptian police officers by Israeli soldiers when Israel went after militants who had attacked civilians near the Israeli-Egyptian border . CNN 's Jomana Karadsheh and journalist Amy Hybels contributed to this report .
All but a skeleton staff was sent home from the embassy Thursday . More of the staff is expected to return to the embassy Sunday . Anti-Israel demonstrations have taken place in Amman for the past several weeks .