“Permanent resident of the country”, he was shot dead on Tuesday, Egyptian police said in a statement.
The victim is a businessman who had 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 Egyptian authorities, who are investigating the circumstances of this case
assured the ministry.
According to an Egyptian security Source cited by Reuters, the man was killed for reasons of theft
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However, in a message posted on Telegram, a previously unknown group calling itself “Vanguards of Liberation” claimed responsibility for the attack in response to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. and the Israeli decision to take control of the Rafah crossing point on the Egyptian border with the Palestinian enclave. The group identifies the victim as Ziv Kipper and accuses him of working with Israeli intelligence.
The group posted a photo of the businessman shot to death in his car.
Egyptian security sources said they have no information on the existence of the group or its involvement in this incident
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Global Affairs Canada, for its part, said it was aware of reports of the death of a Canadian citizen who had a business in Egypt and said it was in contact with Egyptian authorities.
Since October 7, the date of the Hamas attack which cost the lives of 1,170 Israelis and the start of the ensuing war, which has left 34,844 dead so far in the Gaza Strip, At least six Canadians have been victims of this new outbreak of violence in the Middle East.
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