French foreign ministry says worker killed by Israeli attack in Rafah
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French foreign ministry says worker killed by Israeli attack in Rafah
(Reuters) - The French foreign ministry said one of its workers had died as a result of wounds sustained during an Israeli attack in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
The man was seeking refuge in the house of a colleague from the French consulate alongside two other co-workers and a number of their family members, the ministry statement issued late on Saturday said.
"The house was hit by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday evening, which seriously hurt our agent and killed about 10 others," it said, adding he had later died of his wounds.
The statement said France condemned the bombing of a residential building.
"We demand that the Israeli authorities shed full light on the circumstances of this bombing, as soon as possible," it said.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the French foreign ministry declined to provide further details on the name, nationality and age of the worker.
