Foreign diplomats under fire in occupied West Bank. While participating on Wednesday, May 21 in a visit organized by the Palestinian authority in Jenine -Zone this Wednesday, May 21 in the heart of an Israeli military offensive: the diplomats were attacked by the Israeli fire.
The Israeli army has recognized the citation after the delegation “farewell to the approved route and entered an area where it was not allowed to be.”
“The Israeli army soldiers who operated in the area fired to eliminate them to keep them away,” Tsahal said in a statement by adding “regret of the inconveniences caused.” The Israeli army has announced that it would be “soon with diplomats.”
“The threats to diplomats are unacceptable”
The vice president of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, said that any threat against the life of diplomats is “unacceptable.”
Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani also called “unacceptable” threats to the Israeli army. “We asked the Israeli government immediate clarification about what happened. Threats against diplomats are unacceptable,” he denounced in an X message.
The ViceCónsul-Consul Alessandro Tutino Italiano, “who is fine” and with whom the minister remained, “he was among the diplomats that would have been attacked with firearms near the Jenine refugee camp,” he said.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has “firmly condemned” these shots.
According to diplomatic sources, the diplomats of China, Japan and Mexico, as well as several European countries, including France, the Netherlands and Romania participated in this visit.
“It was the last part of the visit, and suddenly we listened to shots from the camp,” said a Jénine diplomat, an anonymous AFP diplomat said. “It wasn’t just one or twice. It was like repeated shots. It’s crazy. It’s not normal,” he added.
In a statement, the Palestinian Ministry condemns “in the firmer terms the atrocious crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces, which consisted of directing a diplomatic delegation accredited with the state of Palestine” visiting “in the field in the Government of Jenine.” He denounced “a flagrant and serious violation of international law.”
Source: BFM TV
