STORY: 2 Israeli tourists killed by Egyptian policeman in Alexandria
DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:54
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: OTHERS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Egypt's Interior Ministry
2. various of Alexandria city
3. various of the accident area

STORYLINE:

Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed that two Israeli tourists were killed in a shooting attack in Egypt on Sunday.
   
Two Israeli citizens and their local Egyptian guide were killed when they were on a tourist group tour in Egypt's northern province of Alexandria when local security personnel opened fire on them, the ministry said in a statement. Another Israeli sustained moderate injury.
   
The ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Cairo were working to return the deceased and the rest of the group to Israel "as soon as possible," the statement read.
   
According to Egypt's AlQahera News TV channel, two Israeli tourists and an Egyptian were killed in Alexandria on Sunday as random gunfire by an Egyptian policeman hit an Israeli tourist group visiting the city.
   
"The policeman was immediately arrested and legal procedures against him have been initiated, while an injured Egyptian was taken to hospital for treatment," the report quoted a security source as saying.
   
The incident came a day after a massive deadly conflict took place between the Palestinians and the Israelis in the Gaza Strip that left heavy casualties on both sides.
   
On Saturday, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which controls Gaza, showered Israel with thousands of rockets in a rare surprise attack that was responded with massive Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and punitive measures, including power outages.

Engaged in a peace treaty with Israel since 1979, Egypt has for years been a key regional peacemaker in the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
(XHTV)