Egyptian authorities are investigating the death of an Israeli-Canadian businessman killed in the coastal city of Alexandria, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
“Permanent resident of the country”, he was shot dead on Tuesday, Egyptian police said in a statement.
The victim is a businessman with dual Canadian and Israeli nationality, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
“He had a business in Egypt. The Israeli embassy in Cairo is in contact with the Egyptian authorities, who are investigating the circumstances of the case,” the ministry assured.
Cases of this type are rare in Egypt, but are not unprecedented.
On October 8, the day after the Hamas attack on Israeli soil which sparked a deadly war between the Palestinian Islamist movement and Israel in the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian police officer shot dead two Israeli tourists and an Egyptian guide.
After their deaths, Israeli authorities advised their nationals in Egypt to leave the country.
Egypt was the first Arab country to reach a peace agreement with Israel in 1979. It often plays a mediating role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the current war.
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