France condemns the air strike on a residential building.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that a member of the French consulate died in as a result of injuries received during the Israeli attack on the city of Rafaha in the south of the Gaza Strip.
This is reported by Reuters.
The man sought refuge at the home of a colleague at the French consulate along with two other workers and several members of their families, the ministry said in a statement.
The French Foreign Ministry clarified that the building was hit by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday evening, as a result of which a consulate employee was seriously injured and later died from his wounds.
The statement said France condemns the attack on the residential building.
“We demand that the Israeli authorities shed full light on the circumstances of this as soon as possible explosion,” the Foreign Ministry emphasized.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, after meeting her Israeli counterpart Elie Cohen in Tel Aviv on Sunday, December 17, called for an “immediate truce” between Hamas and Israel to ensure a humanitarian ceasefire.
According to the French publication Figaro, the man killed in Rafah was a Palestinian who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He didn't have a French passport.
He was the father of several children and was waiting for permission to leave Gaza. Some members of his family managed to reach France as part of the evacuation for the French and employees of French institutions located in the Gaza Strip.
Recall that earlier Israeli troops mistakenly identified as a threat three hostages who escaped from captivity by Hamas militants and opened fire on them, killing them during the fighting in Gaza.
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