Israel says it is “investigating this tragedy” after the death of a Quai d’Orsay agent in Rafah following a bombing

The Israeli army has promised to shed light on the death of a Quai d’Orsay agent on Saturday, December 16, in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The man, whose identity has not been specifiedhad worked for France since 2022 and was injured during a bombing by the Israeli army on Wednesday on a home, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a press release. “IDF is verifying and investigating this tragedy and as soon as we have all the elements and details, we will send them to the authorities French”said Sunday a spokesperson for the Israeli army, Olivier Rafowitcz, during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.

Visiting Israel, the minister asked:to shed light on the circumstances of this bombing.” “I asked Eli Cohen, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to respond to me quickly”, she clarified. On Sunday morning, the Israeli army came to offer its condolences to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. “I would like, on behalf of the IDF, to express our condolences for the incident tragic”, said Olivier Rafowitcz. LThe French institute in Gaza had already been hit by a bombardment last month, without any casualties being reported.