The FDI soldiers drew warning plans to a delegation of some 25 people in Jenin, the Israeli media reported on Wednesday, citing Palestinian reports.
According to reports, the delegation, which was made up of diplomats from the Arab and European countries, made a visit to the west city of the west city.
The TSAhal spokesperson said that the entry has been coordinated and that the delegation has received an approved route due to their presence in an active combat zone.
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The diplomatic delegation has dismissed the route
During the entrance, and despite the prior coordination of the route, the delegation moved away from the route and reached an area where they were not allowed to stay.
The forces of TSAhal fired in the air after the soldiers realized that the delegation had deviated from their path. The army said that it should move them away from the region and that there were no damages or victims.
In a press release, the FDI noted that it “regrets the drawbacks caused”.
Army Radio reported that the FDI would apologize to the members of the delegation, including diplomats from Spain and Canada.
In Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the EU, Kaja Kallas, said that the incident was unacceptable.
“Any threat to the life of diplomats is unacceptable,” Kallas told journalists in Brussels, as AFP reported.
Sources of the Spanish Foreign Ministry “strongly” condemned the shooting.
“There was a Spaniard in the group of diplomats which is good. We are in contact with other countries affected to jointly coordinate a response to what happened, which we condemn firmly,” said sources, as reported by AFP.
At the end of the event, the FDIs opened an investigation into the event. The commander of the civil administration, Brigadier General Hisham Ibrahim, updated the representatives of the countries on the conclusions of the army.
It is a story in development.
